# AmazonEKSConnectorServiceRolePolicy
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**Description**: This policy allows Amazon EKS to manage AWS resources for EKS connector

`AmazonEKSConnectorServiceRolePolicy` 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 04, 2021, 20:31 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** October 15, 2025, 22:34 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AmazonEKSConnectorServiceRolePolicy`

## 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" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "AccessSSMService",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:CreateActivation",
        "ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation",
        "ssm:DeleteActivation"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ConnectorAgentStartSession",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:StartSession"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:eks:*:*:cluster/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*::document/AmazonEKS-ExecuteNonInteractiveCommand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ConnectorAgentDeregister",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:DeregisterManagedInstance"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:eks:*:*:cluster/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "PassAnyRoleToSsm",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:PassRole"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:PassedToService" : [
            "ssm.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "PutManagedEventRule",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "events:PutRule",
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "events:ManagedBy" : "eks-connector.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "events:source" : "aws.ssm"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "PutManagedEventTarget",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "events:PutTargets",
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "events:ManagedBy" : "eks-connector.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "OpenDataChannel",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssmmessages:OpenDataChannel"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:session/*"
    }
  ]
}
```

## 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)