AWSQuickSetupStartStopInstancesExecutionPolicy

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Summary

The managed policy AWSQuickSetupStartStopInstancesExecutionPolicy provides permissions for Quick Setup to start and stop Amazon EC2 instances on a schedule. This policy is used with the Quick Setup scheduler configuration type.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupStartStopInstancesExecutionPolicy
Default version: v7
Created: 2025-08-08
Last edited: 2026-10-27
Services: ec2, iam, ssm

Control-plane actions (10)

By access level: 4 List, 1 Read, 5 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2	6 of 834	4 List, 2 Write; 2 restricted, 0 conditional	ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus, ec2:DescribeInstances, ec2:DescribeRegions, ec2:DescribeTags, ec2:StartInstances, ec2:StopInstances
IAM	1 of 190	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	iam:PassRole
Systems Manager	3 of 164	1 Read, 2 Write; 3 restricted, 0 conditional	ssm:GetCalendarState, ssm:StartAssociationsOnce, ssm:StartAutomationExecution

EC2: 6 actions

ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus (List)
ec2:DescribeInstances (List)
ec2:DescribeRegions (List)
ec2:DescribeTags (List)
ec2:StartInstances (Write)
ec2:StopInstances (Write)

IAM: 1 actions

iam:PassRole (Write)

Systems Manager: 3 actions

ssm:GetCalendarState (Read)
ssm:StartAssociationsOnce (Write)
ssm:StartAutomationExecution (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 5 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
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": [
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
        "ec2:DescribeRegions",
        "ec2:DescribeTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:StartInstances",
        "ec2:StopInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:GetCalendarState"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSQuickSetup-ChangeCalendar*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:StartAssociationsOnce",
        "ssm:StartAutomationExecution"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSQuickSetupType-Scheduler-ApplyInstanceState",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-execution/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:automation-definition/AWSQuickSetupType-Scheduler-ApplyInstanceState*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS-QuickSetup*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": [
            "ssm.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        },
        "ArnLike": {
          "iam:AssociatedResourceARN": [
            "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AWSQuickSetupType-Scheduler-ApplyInstanceState",
            "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ssm:GetCalendarState",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "aws:userid": "*:SystemsManager-Automation-ChangeCalendar-Check"
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "ssm:DocumentType": "ChangeCalendar"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v7, edited by AWS on 2026-10-27. 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/AWSQuickSetupStartStopInstancesExecutionPolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupStartStopInstancesExecutionPolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSQuickSetupStartStopInstancesExecutionPolicy

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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