AWSImageBuilderFullAccess

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Summary

Provides full access to all AWS Image Builder actions and resource scoped access to related AWS services.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSImageBuilderFullAccess
Default version: v2
Created: 2019-12-20
Last edited: 2021-04-13
Services: ec2, iam, imagebuilder, license-manager, s3, sns

Control-plane actions (98)

By access level: 37 List, 4 Permissions management, 21 Read, 2 Tagging, 34 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2	10 of 834	10 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ec2:DescribeImages, ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings, ec2:DescribeKeyPairs, ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates, ec2:DescribeRegions, ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups, ec2:DescribeSnapshots, ec2:DescribeSubnets, ec2:DescribeVolumes, ec2:DescribeVpcs
IAM	6 of 190	2 List, 2 Read, 2 Write; 4 restricted, 2 conditional	iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole, iam:GetInstanceProfile, iam:GetRole, iam:ListInstanceProfiles, iam:ListRoles, iam:PassRole
EC2 Image Builder	All 77 actions (see the EC2 Image Builder page)	21 List, 4 Permissions management, 18 Read, 2 Tagging, 32 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	imagebuilder:*
License Manager	2 of 62	2 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	license-manager:ListLicenseConfigurations, license-manager:ListLicenseSpecificationsForResource
S3	2 of 155	1 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:GetBucketLocation, s3:ListAllMyBuckets
SNS	1 of 40	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	sns:ListTopics

EC2: 10 actions

ec2:DescribeImages (List)
ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings (List)
ec2:DescribeKeyPairs (List)
ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates (List)
ec2:DescribeRegions (List)
ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups (List)
ec2:DescribeSnapshots (List)
ec2:DescribeSubnets (List)
ec2:DescribeVolumes (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcs (List)

IAM: 6 actions

iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole (Write)
iam:GetInstanceProfile (Read)
iam:GetRole (Read)
iam:ListInstanceProfiles (List)
iam:ListRoles (List)
iam:PassRole (Write)

License Manager: 2 actions

license-manager:ListLicenseConfigurations (List)
license-manager:ListLicenseSpecificationsForResource (List)

S3: 2 actions

s3:GetBucketLocation (Read)
s3:ListAllMyBuckets (List)

SNS: 1 actions

sns:ListTopics (List)

Data-plane actions (2)

By access level: 1 List, 1 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
S3	1 of 25	1 List; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:ListBucket
SNS	All 1 actions (see the SNS page)	1 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	sns:Publish

S3: 1 actions

s3:ListBucket (List)

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 at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: imagebuilder (36 of 36).
Grants iam:PassRole, but only for scoped roles or under conditions (for example iam:PassedToService).

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": [
        "imagebuilder:*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sns:ListTopics"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sns:Publish"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:sns:*:*:*imagebuilder*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "license-manager:ListLicenseConfigurations",
        "license-manager:ListLicenseSpecificationsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:GetRole"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/imagebuilder.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForImageBuilder"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:GetInstanceProfile"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/*imagebuilder*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:ListInstanceProfiles",
        "iam:ListRoles"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/*imagebuilder*",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*imagebuilder*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "ec2.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
        "s3:GetBucketLocation"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:ListBucket"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3::*:*imagebuilder*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/imagebuilder.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForImageBuilder",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "imagebuilder.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeRegions",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeKeyPairs",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2021-04-13. 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/AWSImageBuilderFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSImageBuilderFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSImageBuilderFullAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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