AWSFaultInjectionSimulatorEC2Access

Summary

This policy grants the Fault Injection Simulator Service permission in EC2 and other required services to perform FIS actions.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSFaultInjectionSimulatorEC2AccessCopy ARN

Default version

v10

Created

2022-10-26

Last edited

2026-02-12

Services

ec2, kms, ssm

Control-plane actions (11)

By access level: 3 List, 1 Permissions management, 7 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 8 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.

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Same domain

• AmazonBraketJobsExecutionPolicy
• AmazonDMSVPCManagementRole
• AmazonDRSVPCManagement
• AmazonEBSCSIDriverEKSClusterScopedPolicy
• AmazonEBSCSIDriverPolicy
• AmazonEBSCSIDriverPolicyV2
• AmazonEC2ContainerServiceRole
• AmazonEC2FullAccess

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": "AllowEc2Actions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:RebootInstances",
        "ec2:SendSpotInstanceInterruptions",
        "ec2:StartInstances",
        "ec2:StopInstances",
        "ec2:TerminateInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2InstancesWithEncryptedEbsVolumes",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:CreateGrant"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "ec2.*.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "Bool": {
          "kms:GrantIsForAWSResource": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowSSMSendOnEc2",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:SendCommand"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowSSMStopOnEc2",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:CancelCommand",
        "ssm:ListCommands"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DescribeInstances",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:DescribeInstances",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DescribeSubnets",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v10, 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 iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSFaultInjectionSimulatorEC2Access
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSFaultInjectionSimulatorEC2Access
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSFaultInjectionSimulatorEC2Access

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSFaultInjectionSimulatorEC2Access

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "service_role_awsfaultinjectionsimulatorec2access" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSFaultInjectionSimulatorEC2Access"
}

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/AWSFaultInjectionSimulatorEC2Access"),
);

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AWSFaultInjectionSimulatorEC2Access
• Report a data issue