VMImportExportRoleForAWSConnector

Summary

Default policy for the VM Import/Export service role, for customers using the AWS Connector. The VM Import/Export service assumes a role with this policy to fulfill virtual machine migration requests from the AWS Connector virtual appliance. (Note that the AWS Connector uses the "AWSConnector" managed policy to issue requests on the customer's behalf to the VM Import/Export service.) Provides the ability to create AMIs and EBS snapshots, modify EBS snapshot attributes, make "Describe\*" calls on EC2 objects, and read from S3 buckets starting with 'import-to-ec2-'.

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

Identity

ARN

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

Default version

v1

Created

2015-09-03

Last edited

2015-09-03

Services

ec2, s3

Control-plane actions (199)

By access level: 195 List, 1 Permissions management, 1 Read, 2 Write.

Data-plane actions (2)

By access level: 1 List, 1 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 3 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.

Related policies

Same service

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• AIDevOpsReleaseManagementVPCPolicy
• AmazonAppStreamServiceAccess
• AmazonBioDiscoveryServiceLinkedRolePolicy
• AmazonDataZoneEnvironmentRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneProjectDeploymentPermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneProjectRolePermissionsBoundary
• AmazonDataZoneSageMakerProvisioningRolePolicy

Same domain

• AmazonBraketJobsExecutionPolicy
• AmazonDMSVPCManagementRole
• AmazonDRSVPCManagement
• AmazonEBSCSIDriverEKSClusterScopedPolicy
• AmazonEBSCSIDriverPolicy
• AmazonEBSCSIDriverPolicyV2
• AmazonEC2ContainerServiceRole
• AmazonEC2FullAccess

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": [
        "s3:ListBucket",
        "s3:GetBucketLocation",
        "s3:GetObject"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::import-to-ec2-*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:ModifySnapshotAttribute",
        "ec2:CopySnapshot",
        "ec2:RegisterImage",
        "ec2:Describe*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2015-09-03. 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/VMImportExportRoleForAWSConnector
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/VMImportExportRoleForAWSConnector
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/VMImportExportRoleForAWSConnector

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

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

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

Sources

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• Official AWS reference for VMImportExportRoleForAWSConnector
• Report a data issue