AWSMediaConnectServicePolicy

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Summary

The default policy that enables access to AWS services and Resources used or managed by MediaConnect.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSMediaConnectServicePolicy
Default version: v2
Created: 2023-04-03
Last edited: 2025-10-29
Services: ec2, ecs

Control-plane actions (27)

By access level: 6 List, 2 Permissions management, 4 Read, 15 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2	6 of 834	3 List, 2 Permissions management, 1 Write; 3 restricted, 3 conditional	ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission, ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface, ec2:DeleteNetworkInterfacePermission, ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces, ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups, ec2:DescribeSubnets
Elastic Container Service	21 of 92	3 List, 4 Read, 14 Write; 19 restricted, 13 conditional	ecs:CreateCluster, ecs:CreateService, ecs:DeleteAttributes, ecs:DeleteService, ecs:DeregisterContainerInstance, ecs:DescribeClusters, ecs:DescribeContainerInstances, ecs:DescribeServices, ecs:DescribeTasks, ecs:ListAttributes, ecs:ListContainerInstances, ecs:ListTasks and 9 more

EC2: 6 actions

ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission (Permissions management)
ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface (Write)
ec2:DeleteNetworkInterfacePermission (Permissions management)
ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces (List)
ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups (List)
ec2:DescribeSubnets (List)

Elastic Container Service: 21 actions

ecs:CreateCluster (Write)
ecs:CreateService (Write)
ecs:DeleteAttributes (Write)
ecs:DeleteService (Write)
ecs:DeregisterContainerInstance (Write)
ecs:DescribeClusters (Read)
ecs:DescribeContainerInstances (Read)
ecs:DescribeServices (Read)
ecs:DescribeTasks (Read)
ecs:ListAttributes (List)
ecs:ListContainerInstances (List)
ecs:ListTasks (List)
ecs:PutAttributes (Write)
ecs:RegisterTaskDefinition (Write)
ecs:RunTask (Write)
ecs:StartTask (Write)
ecs:StopTask (Write)
ecs:UpdateCluster (Write)
ecs:UpdateClusterSettings (Write)
ecs:UpdateContainerInstancesState (Write)
ecs:UpdateService (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: No (service-linked role policy).

Why this tier

Grants 17 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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecs:UpdateService",
        "ecs:DeleteService",
        "ecs:CreateService",
        "ecs:DescribeServices",
        "ecs:PutAttributes",
        "ecs:DeleteAttributes",
        "ecs:RunTask",
        "ecs:ListTasks",
        "ecs:StartTask",
        "ecs:StopTask",
        "ecs:DescribeTasks",
        "ecs:DescribeContainerInstances",
        "ecs:UpdateContainerInstancesState"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ArnLike": {
          "ecs:cluster": "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:cluster/MediaConnectGateway"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecs:CreateCluster",
        "ecs:RegisterTaskDefinition"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecs:UpdateCluster",
        "ecs:UpdateClusterSettings",
        "ecs:ListAttributes",
        "ecs:DescribeClusters",
        "ecs:DeregisterContainerInstance",
        "ecs:ListContainerInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:cluster/MediaConnectGateway"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterfacePermission",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/created-for-service": "MediaConnect"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2025-10-29. 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.