AWSElasticBeanstalkEKSTagging

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Summary

Permissions needed to pass through tags to resources created by EKS Controllers

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSElasticBeanstalkEKSTagging
Default version: v1
Created: 2026-07-02
Last edited: 2026-07-02
Services: ec2, elasticloadbalancing, shield

Control-plane actions (13)

By access level: 1 Tagging, 12 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2	7 of 834	7 Write; 7 restricted, 7 conditional	ec2:CreateFleet, ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate, ec2:CreateNetworkInterface, ec2:CreateSecurityGroup, ec2:CreateSnapshot, ec2:CreateVolume, ec2:RunInstances
ELB	4 of 77	4 Write; 4 restricted, 4 conditional	elasticloadbalancing:CreateListener, elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancer, elasticloadbalancing:CreateRule, elasticloadbalancing:CreateTargetGroup
Shield	2 of 40	1 Tagging, 1 Write; 2 restricted, 2 conditional	shield:CreateProtection, shield:TagResource

EC2: 7 actions

ec2:CreateFleet (Write)
ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate (Write)
ec2:CreateNetworkInterface (Write)
ec2:CreateSecurityGroup (Write)
ec2:CreateSnapshot (Write)
ec2:CreateVolume (Write)
ec2:RunInstances (Write)

ELB: 4 actions

elasticloadbalancing:CreateListener (Write)
elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancer (Write)
elasticloadbalancing:CreateRule (Write)
elasticloadbalancing:CreateTargetGroup (Write)

Shield: 2 actions

shield:CreateProtection (Write)
shield:TagResource (Tagging)

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 13 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": [
    {
      "Sid": "Compute",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateFleet",
        "ec2:RunInstances",
        "ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/eks:eks-cluster-name": "${aws:PrincipalTag/eks:eks-cluster-name}"
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:RequestTag/eks:kubernetes-node-class-name": "*",
          "aws:RequestTag/eks:kubernetes-node-pool-name": "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "Storage",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateVolume",
        "ec2:CreateSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/eks:eks-cluster-name": "${aws:PrincipalTag/eks:eks-cluster-name}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "Networking",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/eks:eks-cluster-name": "${aws:PrincipalTag/eks:eks-cluster-name}"
        },
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:RequestTag/eks:kubernetes-cni-node-name": "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "LoadBalancer",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancer",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateTargetGroup",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateListener",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateRule",
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/eks:eks-cluster-name": "${aws:PrincipalTag/eks:eks-cluster-name}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ShieldProtection",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "shield:CreateProtection"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/eks:eks-cluster-name": "${aws:PrincipalTag/eks:eks-cluster-name}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ShieldTagResource",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "shield:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:shield::*:protection/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/eks:eks-cluster-name": "${aws:PrincipalTag/eks:eks-cluster-name}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2026-07-02. 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/AWSElasticBeanstalkEKSTagging
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSElasticBeanstalkEKSTagging
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSElasticBeanstalkEKSTagging

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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