EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilder

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Summary

EC2 Instance profile for Image Builder service.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilder
Default version: v12
Created: 2019-12-01
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: ec2, imagebuilder, kms, logs, s3

Control-plane actions (10)

By access level: 2 List, 2 Read, 1 Tagging, 5 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EC2	4 of 834	2 List, 1 Tagging, 1 Write; 2 restricted, 2 conditional	ec2:CreateSnapshot, ec2:CreateTags, ec2:DescribeSnapshots, ec2:DescribeVolumes
EC2 Image Builder	2 of 77	2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	imagebuilder:GetComponent, imagebuilder:GetMarketplaceResource
KMS	1 of 58	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	kms:Decrypt
CloudWatch Logs	3 of 133	3 Write; 3 restricted, 0 conditional	logs:CreateLogGroup, logs:CreateLogStream, logs:PutLogEvents

EC2: 4 actions

ec2:CreateSnapshot (Write)
ec2:CreateTags (Tagging)
ec2:DescribeSnapshots (List)
ec2:DescribeVolumes (List)

EC2 Image Builder: 2 actions

imagebuilder:GetComponent (Read)
imagebuilder:GetMarketplaceResource (Read)

KMS: 1 actions

kms:Decrypt (Write)

CloudWatch Logs: 3 actions

logs:CreateLogGroup (Write)
logs:CreateLogStream (Write)
logs:PutLogEvents (Write)

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Read.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
S3	1 of 25	1 Read; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:GetObject

S3: 1 actions

s3:GetObject (Read)

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 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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "EC2 Image Builder"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:CreateAction": "CreateSnapshot",
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": [
            "EC2 Image Builder"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::*/*.ISO",
        "arn:aws:s3:::*/*.iso",
        "arn:aws:s3:::*/*.Iso"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "s3:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "imagebuilder:GetComponent",
        "imagebuilder:GetMarketplaceResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "kms:EncryptionContextKeys": "aws:imagebuilder:arn",
          "aws:CalledVia": [
            "imagebuilder.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::ec2imagebuilder*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/imagebuilder/*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v12, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. 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/EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilder
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilder
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilder

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilder

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "ec2instanceprofileforimagebuilder" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilder"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilder"),
);

Sources

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