EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilderECRContainerBuilds

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Summary

EC2 Instance profile for building container images with EC2 Image Builder. This policy grants the user broad permissions to upload ECR images.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilderECRContainerBuilds
Default version: v1
Created: 2020-12-11
Last edited: 2020-12-11
Services: ecr, imagebuilder, kms, logs, s3

Control-plane actions (14)

By access level: 6 Read, 8 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Elastic Container Registry	8 of 65	4 Read, 4 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ecr:BatchCheckLayerAvailability, ecr:BatchGetImage, ecr:CompleteLayerUpload, ecr:GetAuthorizationToken, ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer, ecr:InitiateLayerUpload, ecr:PutImage, ecr:UploadLayerPart
EC2 Image Builder	2 of 77	2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	imagebuilder:GetComponent, imagebuilder:GetContainerRecipe
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

Elastic Container Registry: 8 actions

ecr:BatchCheckLayerAvailability (Read)
ecr:BatchGetImage (Read)
ecr:CompleteLayerUpload (Write)
ecr:GetAuthorizationToken (Read)
ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer (Read)
ecr:InitiateLayerUpload (Write)
ecr:PutImage (Write)
ecr:UploadLayerPart (Write)

EC2 Image Builder: 2 actions

imagebuilder:GetComponent (Read)
imagebuilder:GetContainerRecipe (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 8 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": [
        "imagebuilder:GetComponent",
        "imagebuilder:GetContainerRecipe",
        "ecr:GetAuthorizationToken",
        "ecr:BatchGetImage",
        "ecr:InitiateLayerUpload",
        "ecr:UploadLayerPart",
        "ecr:CompleteLayerUpload",
        "ecr:BatchCheckLayerAvailability",
        "ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer",
        "ecr:PutImage"
      ],
      "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 v1, edited by AWS on 2020-12-11. 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/EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilderECRContainerBuilds
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilderECRContainerBuilds
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilderECRContainerBuilds

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilderECRContainerBuilds

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "ec2instanceprofileforimagebuilderecrcontainerbuilds" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilderECRContainerBuilds"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("EC2InstanceProfileForImageBuilderECRContainerBuilds"),
);

Sources

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