# AWSApplicationMigrationEC2Access
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**Description**: This policy provides Amazon EC2 operations required to use Application Migration Service (MGN) to launch the migrated servers as EC2 instances. Attach this policy to your IAM users or roles.

`AWSApplicationMigrationEC2Access` is an [AWS managed policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).

## Using this policy
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You can attach `AWSApplicationMigrationEC2Access` to your users, groups, and roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: AWS managed policy 
+ **Creation time**: April 07, 2021, 07:05 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** February 12, 2026, 18:00 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSApplicationMigrationEC2Access`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v10 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request. 

## JSON policy document
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```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/AWSApplicationMigrationConversionServerRole"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:PassedToService" : "ec2.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : [
            "mgn.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion",
        "ec2:ModifyLaunchTemplate",
        "ec2:DeleteLaunchTemplateVersions"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : [
            "mgn.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteLaunchTemplate"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : [
            "mgn.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteVolume"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:StartInstances",
        "ec2:StopInstances",
        "ec2:TerminateInstances",
        "ec2:ModifyInstanceAttribute",
        "ec2:GetConsoleOutput",
        "ec2:GetConsoleScreenshot"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateVolume"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DetachVolume",
        "ec2:AttachVolume"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:AttachVolume"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DetachVolume"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:image/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "ec2:CreateAction" : [
            "CreateSecurityGroup",
            "CreateVolume",
            "CreateSnapshot",
            "RunInstances",
            "CreateLaunchTemplate"
          ]
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateTags",
        "ec2:ModifyVolume"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateVolume"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AWSApplicationMigrationServiceManaged" : "false"
        },
        "Bool" : {
          "aws:ViaAWSService" : "true"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Create a permission set using AWS managed policies in IAM Identity Center](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/howtocreatepermissionset.html) 
+ [Adding and removing IAM identity permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_manage-attach-detach.html) 
+ [Understand versioning for IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html)
+ [Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-use-aws-defined-policies)