# AWSMediaConnectServicePolicy
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**Description**: The default policy that enables access to AWS services and Resources used or managed by MediaConnect.

`AWSMediaConnectServicePolicy` 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**: April 03, 2023, 22:11 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** October 29, 2025, 21:34 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSMediaConnectServicePolicy`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v2 (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" : [
        "ecs:UpdateService",
        "ecs:DeleteService",
        "ecs:CreateService",
        "ecs:DescribeServices",
        "ecs:PutAttributes",
        "ecs:DeleteAttributes",
        "ecs:RunTask",
        "ecs:ListTasks",
        "ecs:StartTask",
        "ecs:StopTask",
        "ecs:DescribeTasks",
        "ecs:DescribeContainerInstances",
        "ecs:UpdateContainerInstancesState"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "ArnLike" : {
          "ecs:cluster" : "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:cluster/MediaConnectGateway"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ecs:CreateCluster",
        "ecs:RegisterTaskDefinition"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ecs:UpdateCluster",
        "ecs:UpdateClusterSettings",
        "ecs:ListAttributes",
        "ecs:DescribeClusters",
        "ecs:DeregisterContainerInstance",
        "ecs:ListContainerInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:cluster/MediaConnectGateway"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterfacePermission",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/created-for-service" : "MediaConnect"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    }
  ]
}
```

## 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)