AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicy

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Summary

Amazon EC2 instance permissions to allow EC2 SQL High Availability service to detect instance high availability state through EC2 instance profile.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicy
Default version: v3
Created: 2025-11-13
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: ec2messages, secretsmanager, ssm, ssmmessages

Control-plane actions (12)

By access level: 3 Read, 9 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2 Messages	All 6 actions (see the EC2 Messages page)	2 Read, 4 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ec2messages:AcknowledgeMessage, ec2messages:DeleteMessage, ec2messages:FailMessage, ec2messages:GetEndpoint, ec2messages:GetMessages, ec2messages:SendReply
Secrets Manager	1 of 27	1 Read; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	secretsmanager:GetSecretValue
Systems Manager	1 of 164	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	ssm:UpdateInstanceInformation
SSM Messages	All 4 actions (see the SSM Messages page)	4 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ssmmessages:CreateControlChannel, ssmmessages:CreateDataChannel, ssmmessages:OpenControlChannel, ssmmessages:OpenDataChannel

Secrets Manager: 1 actions

secretsmanager:GetSecretValue (Read)

Systems Manager: 1 actions

ssm:UpdateInstanceInformation (Write)

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants 9 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:UpdateInstanceInformation"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/SqlHaMonitored": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:secretsmanager:*:*:secret:*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AWSEc2SqlHa": "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssmmessages:CreateControlChannel",
        "ssmmessages:CreateDataChannel",
        "ssmmessages:OpenControlChannel",
        "ssmmessages:OpenDataChannel"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2messages:AcknowledgeMessage",
        "ec2messages:DeleteMessage",
        "ec2messages:FailMessage",
        "ec2messages:GetEndpoint",
        "ec2messages:GetMessages",
        "ec2messages:SendReply"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicy

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicy

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "awsec2sqlhainstancepolicy" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicy"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicy"),
);

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.