AWSIPAMServiceRolePolicy

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Summary

Allows VPC IP Address Manager to access VPC resources and integrate with AWS Organizations on your behalf.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSIPAMServiceRolePolicy
Default version: v13
Created: 2021-11-30
Last edited: 2026-10-15
Services: cloudfront, cloudwatch, ec2, globalaccelerator, organizations, route53

Control-plane actions (39)

By access level: 24 List, 10 Read, 5 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudFront	3 of 173	2 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudfront:ListAnycastIpLists, cloudfront:ListDistributionsByAnycastIpListId, cloudfront:ListTagsForResource
EC2	23 of 834	13 List, 5 Read, 5 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	ec2:AllocateIpamPoolCidr, ec2:AssociateDhcpOptions, ec2:CreateDhcpOptions, ec2:DeleteDhcpOptions, ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes, ec2:DescribeAddresses, ec2:DescribeByoipCidrs, ec2:DescribeDhcpOptions, ec2:DescribeIpv6Pools, ec2:DescribeManagedPrefixLists, ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces, ec2:DescribePublicIpv4Pools and 11 more
GlobalAccelerator	2 of 56	2 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	globalaccelerator:ListAccelerators, globalaccelerator:ListByoipCidrs
Organizations	7 of 63	4 List, 3 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	organizations:DescribeAccount, organizations:DescribeOrganization, organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit, organizations:ListAccounts, organizations:ListChildren, organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators, organizations:ListParents
Route 53	4 of 71	3 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	route53:GetHostedZone, route53:ListHostedZones, route53:ListResourceRecordSets, route53:ListTagsForResource

CloudFront: 3 actions

cloudfront:ListAnycastIpLists (List)
cloudfront:ListDistributionsByAnycastIpListId (List)
cloudfront:ListTagsForResource (Read)

EC2: 23 actions

ec2:AllocateIpamPoolCidr (Write)
ec2:AssociateDhcpOptions (Write)
ec2:CreateDhcpOptions (Write)
ec2:DeleteDhcpOptions (Write)
ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes (List)
ec2:DescribeAddresses (List)
ec2:DescribeByoipCidrs (List)
ec2:DescribeDhcpOptions (List)
ec2:DescribeIpv6Pools (List)
ec2:DescribeManagedPrefixLists (List)
ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces (List)
ec2:DescribePublicIpv4Pools (List)
ec2:DescribeSecurityGroupRules (List)
ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups (List)
ec2:DescribeSubnets (List)
ec2:DescribeVpcs (List)
ec2:DescribeVpnConnections (List)
ec2:GetIpamDiscoveredAccounts (Read)
ec2:GetIpamDiscoveredPublicAddresses (Read)
ec2:GetIpamDiscoveredResourceCidrs (Read)
ec2:GetIpamDiscoveredRoutes (Read)
ec2:GetManagedPrefixListEntries (Read)
ec2:ModifyManagedPrefixList (Write)

GlobalAccelerator: 2 actions

globalaccelerator:ListAccelerators (List)
globalaccelerator:ListByoipCidrs (List)

Organizations: 7 actions

organizations:DescribeAccount (Read)
organizations:DescribeOrganization (Read)
organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit (Read)
organizations:ListAccounts (List)
organizations:ListChildren (List)
organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators (List)
organizations:ListParents (List)

Route 53: 4 actions

route53:GetHostedZone (List)
route53:ListHostedZones (List)
route53:ListResourceRecordSets (List)
route53:ListTagsForResource (Read)

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudWatch	1 of 5	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	cloudwatch:PutMetricData

CloudWatch: 1 actions

cloudwatch:PutMetricData (Write)

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: No (service-linked role policy).

Why this tier

Grants 6 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": "IPAMDiscoveryDescribeActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes",
        "ec2:DescribeAddresses",
        "ec2:DescribeByoipCidrs",
        "ec2:DescribeDhcpOptions",
        "ec2:DescribeIpv6Pools",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribePublicIpv4Pools",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroupRules",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeVpnConnections",
        "ec2:GetIpamDiscoveredAccounts",
        "ec2:GetIpamDiscoveredPublicAddresses",
        "ec2:GetIpamDiscoveredResourceCidrs",
        "ec2:GetIpamDiscoveredRoutes",
        "globalaccelerator:ListAccelerators",
        "globalaccelerator:ListByoipCidrs",
        "organizations:DescribeAccount",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "organizations:ListAccounts",
        "organizations:ListDelegatedAdministrators",
        "organizations:ListChildren",
        "organizations:ListParents",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit",
        "cloudfront:ListAnycastIpLists",
        "cloudfront:ListDistributionsByAnycastIpListId",
        "cloudfront:ListTagsForResource",
        "route53:GetHostedZone",
        "route53:ListHostedZones",
        "route53:ListResourceRecordSets",
        "route53:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudWatchMetricsPublishActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "cloudwatch:PutMetricData",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "cloudwatch:namespace": "AWS/IPAM"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IPAMAllocationPolicyActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:AllocateIpamPoolCidr",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "PrefixListResolverWriteActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ModifyManagedPrefixList"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "Null": {
          "ec2:Attribute/ExpectedIpamPrefixListResolverTarget": "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "PrefixListResolverReadActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeManagedPrefixLists",
        "ec2:GetManagedPrefixListEntries"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IPAMDhcpOptionSetManagementActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateDhcpOptions",
        "ec2:AssociateDhcpOptions",
        "ec2:DeleteDhcpOptions"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v13, edited by AWS on 2026-10-15. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

This policy cannot be attached to users, groups or roles, so there are no attach snippets.

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.