ElasticLoadBalancingFullAccess

Summary

Provides full access to Amazon ElasticLoadBalancing, and limited access to other services necessary to provide ElasticLoadBalancing features. The Elastic Load Balancing User Guide says it works via the AWS Management Console.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections reviewed against the listed AWS sources.

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ElasticLoadBalancingFullAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v10

Created

2018-09-20

Last edited

2026-10-09

Services

arc-zonal-shift, cognito-idp, ec2, elasticloadbalancing, iam

Control-plane actions (111)

By access level: 19 List, 1 Permissions management, 28 Read, 2 Tagging, 61 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 at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: elasticloadbalancing (51 of 51).

Guidance

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Frequently asked questions

When should I attach ElasticLoadBalancingFullAccess?

The Elastic Load Balancing User Guide says it gives full access to Elastic Load Balancing and limited access to other services via the AWS Management Console, and the reference page says you can attach it to your users, groups and roles. Attach it where that scope is intended.

What does ElasticLoadBalancingFullAccess grant?

It allows elasticloadbalancing:* on all resources, EC2 describe and related actions, cognito-idp:DescribeUserPoolClient, service-linked role creation for Elastic Load Balancing, and arc-zonal-shift actions.

What are the security risks of ElasticLoadBalancingFullAccess?

elasticloadbalancing:* allows every Elastic Load Balancing action on all resources, and arc-zonal-shift:* allows every zonal shift action on load balancers. AWS managed policies don't grant least privilege permissions, and you must consider the security risk of granting principals more permissions than they need. AWS updates to the policy affect every identity it is attached to.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "elasticloadbalancing:*",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes",
        "ec2:DescribeAddresses",
        "ec2:DescribeInternetGateways",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:ValidateSecurityGroupQuotasForInterface",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcClassicLink",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribeClassicLinkInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeCoipPools",
        "ec2:GetCoipPoolUsage",
        "ec2:GetSecurityGroupsForVpc",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcPeeringConnections",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "cognito-idp:DescribeUserPoolClient"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "arc-zonal-shift:*",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:loadbalancer/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "arc-zonal-shift:ListManagedResources",
        "arc-zonal-shift:ListZonalShifts"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v10, edited by AWS on 2026-10-09. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ElasticLoadBalancingFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ElasticLoadBalancingFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ElasticLoadBalancingFullAccess

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

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

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

Sources

• ElasticLoadBalancingFullAccess (AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-13; supports summary, practicalScope, securityConsiderations, assignmentGuidance, faqs, useCases)
• AWS managed policies for Elastic Load Balancing (retrieved 2026-11-13; supports summary, useCases, securityConsiderations, faqs)
• Managed policies and inline policies (IAM User Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-12; supports securityConsiderations, faqs)
• AWS managed policies for job functions (IAM User Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-12; supports bestPractices, faqs)

• Official AWS reference for ElasticLoadBalancingFullAccess
• AWS service guide
• Report a data issue