ROSAKubeControllerPolicy

Summary

Allows the ROSA Kubernetes controller to manage Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), and AWS Key Management Service (KMS) resources for a ROSA cluster.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/ROSAKubeControllerPolicyCopy ARN

Default version

v8

Created

2023-04-27

Last edited

2026-09-17

Services

ec2, elasticloadbalancing, kms

Control-plane actions (44)

By access level: 7 List, 7 Read, 2 Tagging, 28 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 30 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.

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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": "ReadPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancerAttributes",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeListeners",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetGroups",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetGroupAttributes",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetHealth",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancerPolicies"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSDescribeKey",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:DescribeKey"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/red-hat": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "LoadBalanacerManagement",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:AddTags",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ConfigureHealthCheck",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancerPolicy",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancer",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeregisterInstancesFromLoadBalancer",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyLoadBalancerAttributes",
        "elasticloadbalancing:RegisterInstancesWithLoadBalancer",
        "elasticloadbalancing:SetLoadBalancerPoliciesForBackendServer"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateTargetGroup",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateTargetGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/red-hat-managed": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "LoadBalanacerManagementResourceTag",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteListener",
        "elasticloadbalancing:RegisterTargets",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyTargetGroup",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteTargetGroup",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ApplySecurityGroupsToLoadBalancer",
        "elasticloadbalancing:SetSecurityGroups",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancerListeners",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancerListeners",
        "elasticloadbalancing:AttachLoadBalancerToSubnets",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DetachLoadBalancerFromSubnets",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyListener",
        "elasticloadbalancing:SetLoadBalancerPoliciesOfListener"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/red-hat-managed": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateListeners",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateListener"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/red-hat-managed": "true",
          "aws:ResourceTag/red-hat-managed": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateSecurityGroup",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/red-hat-managed": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateSecurityGroupVpc",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateLoadBalancer",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancer"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:loadbalancer/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/red-hat-managed": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ModifySecurityGroup",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/red-hat-managed": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CreateTagsSecurityGroups",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "ec2:CreateAction": "CreateSecurityGroup"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ManageTargetGroup",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyTargetGroupAttributes",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeregisterTargets"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:targetgroup/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/red-hat-managed": "true"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v8, edited by AWS on 2026-09-17. 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/service-role/ROSAKubeControllerPolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/ROSAKubeControllerPolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/ROSAKubeControllerPolicy

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for ROSAKubeControllerPolicy
• Report a data issue