# AWSEC2SpotServiceRolePolicy
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**Description**: Allows EC2 Spot to launch and manage spot instances

`AWSEC2SpotServiceRolePolicy` 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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This policy is attached to a service-linked role that allows the service to perform actions on your behalf. You cannot attach this policy to your users, groups, or roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: Service-linked role policy 
+ **Creation time**: September 18, 2017, 18:51 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** December 12, 2018, 00:13 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSEC2SpotServiceRolePolicy`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v4 (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" : [
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:StartInstances",
        "ec2:StopInstances",
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Deny",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringNotEquals" : {
          "ec2:InstanceMarketType" : "spot"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:PassedToService" : [
            "ec2.amazonaws.com",
            "ec2.amazonaws.com.rproxy.goskope.com.cn"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "ec2:CreateAction" : "RunInstances"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [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)