EC2ImageBuilderLifecycleExecutionPolicy

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Summary

The EC2ImageBuilderLifecycleExecutionPolicy policy grants permissions for Image Builder to perform actions such as deprecate or delete Image Builder image resources and their underlying resources (AMIs, snapshots) to support automated rules for image lifecycle management tasks.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/EC2ImageBuilderLifecycleExecutionPolicy
Default version: v1
Created: 2023-11-16
Last edited: 2023-11-16
Services: ec2, ecr, imagebuilder, tag

Control-plane actions (14)

By access level: 2 List, 2 Read, 2 Tagging, 8 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2	10 of 834	2 List, 2 Tagging, 6 Write; 9 restricted, 9 conditional	ec2:CreateTags, ec2:DeleteSnapshot, ec2:DeleteTags, ec2:DeregisterImage, ec2:DescribeImageAttribute, ec2:DescribeImages, ec2:DisableImage, ec2:DisableImageDeprecation, ec2:EnableImage, ec2:EnableImageDeprecation
Elastic Container Registry	2 of 65	1 Read, 1 Write; 2 restricted, 2 conditional	ecr:BatchDeleteImage, ecr:BatchGetImage
EC2 Image Builder	1 of 77	1 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	imagebuilder:DeleteImage
Resource Group Tagging	1 of 9	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	tag:GetResources

EC2: 10 actions

ec2:CreateTags (Tagging)
ec2:DeleteSnapshot (Write)
ec2:DeleteTags (Tagging)
ec2:DeregisterImage (Write)
ec2:DescribeImageAttribute (List)
ec2:DescribeImages (List)
ec2:DisableImage (Write)
ec2:DisableImageDeprecation (Write)
ec2:EnableImage (Write)
ec2:EnableImageDeprecation (Write)

Elastic Container Registry: 2 actions

ecr:BatchDeleteImage (Write)
ecr:BatchGetImage (Read)

EC2 Image Builder: 1 actions

imagebuilder:DeleteImage (Write)

Resource Group Tagging: 1 actions

tag:GetResources (Read)

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 10 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": "Ec2ImagePermission",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:EnableImage",
        "ec2:DeregisterImage",
        "ec2:EnableImageDeprecation",
        "ec2:DescribeImageAttribute",
        "ec2:DisableImage",
        "ec2:DisableImageDeprecation"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2DeleteSnapshotPermission",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:DeleteSnapshot",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EC2TagsPermission",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DeleteTags",
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/DeprecatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder",
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals": {
          "aws:TagKeys": "DeprecatedBy"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ECRImagePermission",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ecr:BatchGetImage",
        "ecr:BatchDeleteImage"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ecr:*:*:repository/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ecr:ResourceTag/LifecycleExecutionAccess": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ImageBuilderEC2TagServicePermission",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "tag:GetResources",
        "imagebuilder:DeleteImage"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2023-11-16. 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/service-role/EC2ImageBuilderLifecycleExecutionPolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/EC2ImageBuilderLifecycleExecutionPolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/EC2ImageBuilderLifecycleExecutionPolicy

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/EC2ImageBuilderLifecycleExecutionPolicy

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "service_role_ec2imagebuilderlifecycleexecutionpolicy" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/EC2ImageBuilderLifecycleExecutionPolicy"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/EC2ImageBuilderLifecycleExecutionPolicy"),
);

Sources

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