# AmazonECSInfrastructureRoleforExpressGatewayServices
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**Description**: These permissions enable Amazon ECS to automatically provision and manage the infrastructure components required for Express Gateway Services, including load balancing, security groups, SSL certificates, and auto scaling configurations.

`AmazonECSInfrastructureRoleforExpressGatewayServices` 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 `AmazonECSInfrastructureRoleforExpressGatewayServices` to your users, groups, and roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: Service role policy 
+ **Creation time**: November 12, 2025, 20:34 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** February 12, 2026, 18:01 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonECSInfrastructureRoleforExpressGatewayServices`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v6 (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" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "ServiceLinkedRoleCreateOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:AWSServiceName" : [
            "ecs.application-autoscaling.amazonaws.com",
            "elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ELBOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateListener",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancer",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateRule",
        "elasticloadbalancing:CreateTargetGroup",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyListener",
        "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyRule",
        "elasticloadbalancing:AddListenerCertificates",
        "elasticloadbalancing:RemoveListenerCertificates",
        "elasticloadbalancing:RegisterTargets",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeregisterTargets",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteTargetGroup",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancer",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteRule",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteListener"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:loadbalancer/app/*/*",
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:listener/app/*/*/*",
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:listener-rule/app/*/*/*/*",
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:targetgroup/*/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AmazonECSManaged" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "TagOnCreateELBResources",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "elasticloadbalancing:AddTags",
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:loadbalancer/app/*/*",
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:listener/app/*/*/*",
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:listener-rule/app/*/*/*/*",
        "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:*:*:targetgroup/*/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "elasticloadbalancing:CreateAction" : [
            "CreateLoadBalancer",
            "CreateListener",
            "CreateRule",
            "CreateTargetGroup"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "BlanketAllowCreateSecurityGroupsInVPCs",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "CreateSecurityGroupResourcesWithTags",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group-rule/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/AmazonECSManaged" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ModifySecurityGroupOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AmazonECSManaged" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "TagOnCreateEC2Resources",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group-rule/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "ec2:CreateAction" : [
            "CreateSecurityGroup",
            "AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
            "AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "CertificateOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "acm:RequestCertificate",
        "acm:AddTagsToCertificate",
        "acm:DeleteCertificate",
        "acm:DescribeCertificate"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:acm:*:*:certificate/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AmazonECSManaged" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ApplicationAutoscalingCreateOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "application-autoscaling:RegisterScalableTarget",
        "application-autoscaling:TagResource",
        "application-autoscaling:DeregisterScalableTarget"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:application-autoscaling:*:*:scalable-target/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AmazonECSManaged" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ApplicationAutoscalingPolicyOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "application-autoscaling:PutScalingPolicy",
        "application-autoscaling:DeleteScalingPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:application-autoscaling:*:*:scalable-target/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "application-autoscaling:service-namespace" : "ecs"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ApplicationAutoscalingReadOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "application-autoscaling:DescribeScalableTargets",
        "application-autoscaling:DescribeScalingPolicies",
        "application-autoscaling:DescribeScalingActivities"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:application-autoscaling:*:*:scalable-target/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "CloudWatchAlarmCreateOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudwatch:PutMetricAlarm",
        "cloudwatch:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:cloudwatch:*:*:alarm:*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/AmazonECSManaged" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "CloudWatchAlarmOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms",
        "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:cloudwatch:*:*:alarm:*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/AmazonECSManaged" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ELBReadOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetGroups",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetHealth",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeListeners",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeRules"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "VPCReadOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "CloudWatchLogsCreateOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/AmazonECSManaged" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "CloudWatchLogsReadOperations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    }
  ]
}
```

## 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)