AWSElasticBeanstalkRoleECS

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Summary

(Elastic Beanstalk operations role) Allows a multicontainer Docker environment to manage Amazon ECS clusters.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticBeanstalkRoleECS
Default version: v2
Created: 2020-06-05
Last edited: 2023-03-23
Services: ecs

Control-plane actions (5)

By access level: 1 Tagging, 4 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Elastic Container Service	5 of 92	1 Tagging, 4 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	ecs:CreateCluster, ecs:DeRegisterTaskDefinition, ecs:DeleteCluster, ecs:RegisterTaskDefinition, ecs:TagResource

Elastic Container Service: 5 actions

ecs:CreateCluster (Write)
ecs:DeleteCluster (Write)
ecs:DeregisterTaskDefinition (Write)
ecs:RegisterTaskDefinition (Write)
ecs: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: all-resources.

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

Why this tier

Grants 5 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": "AllowECS",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecs:CreateCluster",
        "ecs:DeleteCluster",
        "ecs:RegisterTaskDefinition",
        "ecs:DeRegisterTaskDefinition"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowECSTagResource",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecs:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ecs:CreateAction": [
            "CreateCluster",
            "RegisterTaskDefinition"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2023-03-23. 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/service-role/AWSElasticBeanstalkRoleECS
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticBeanstalkRoleECS
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticBeanstalkRoleECS

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "service_role_awselasticbeanstalkroleecs" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSElasticBeanstalkRoleECS"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/AWSElasticBeanstalkRoleECS"),
);

Sources

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