# AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy
<a name="AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy"></a>

**Description**: A Service-Linked Role required for Amazon EKS to call AWS services on your behalf.

`AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy` 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
<a name="AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy-how-to-use"></a>

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
<a name="AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy-details"></a>
+ **Type**: Service-linked role policy 
+ **Creation time**: February 21, 2020, 20:10 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** April 15, 2026, 18:42 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy`

## Policy version
<a name="AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy-version"></a>

**Policy version:** v24 (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
<a name="AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy-json"></a>

```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:DetachNetworkInterface",
        "ec2:ModifyNetworkInterfaceAttribute",
        "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
        "ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes",
        "ec2:DescribeAddresses",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeCapacityReservations",
        "ec2:DescribeCoipPools",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes",
        "ec2:DescribeInternetGateways",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "ec2:DescribePlacementGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
        "ec2:DescribeSpotPriceHistory",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeTags",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumesModifications",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcPeeringConnections",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkAcls",
        "ec2:GetCoipPoolUsage",
        "ec2:GetSecurityGroupsForVpc",
        "eks:DescribeCluster",
        "ec2:DescribeIpamPools",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeListenerAttributes",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeListenerCertificates",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeListeners",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancerAttributes",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeRules",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeSSLPolicies",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTags",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetGroupAttributes",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetGroups",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetHealth",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeregisterTargets",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTrustStores",
        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies",
        "pricing:GetProducts",
        "shield:GetSubscriptionState",
        "shield:DescribeProtection",
        "tag:GetResources"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "ec2:ResourceTag/Name" : "eks-cluster-sg*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateTags",
        "ec2:DeleteTags"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringLike" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : [
            "kubernetes.io/cluster/*"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateTags",
        "ec2:DeleteTags"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/Name" : "eks-cluster-*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "route53:AssociateVPCWithHostedZone",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:route53:::hostedzone/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "logs:CreateLogGroup",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/eks/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:DescribeLogStreams"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/eks/*:*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "logs:PutLogEvents",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/eks/*:*:*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "cloudwatch:PutMetricData",
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "cloudwatch:namespace" : "AWS/EKS"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "eks:CreateAccessEntry",
        "eks:DeleteAccessEntry"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "eks:accessEntryType" : "STANDARD"
        },
        "ArnLike" : {
          "eks:principalArn" : "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/eks.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKS"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "eks:ListAssociatedAccessPolicies"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:eks:*:*:access-entry/*/role/${aws:PrincipalAccount}/AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKS/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "eks:AssociateAccessPolicy",
        "eks:DisassociateAccessPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:eks:*:*:access-entry/*/role/${aws:PrincipalAccount}/AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKS/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "eks:policyArn" : [
            "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSComputePolicy",
            "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSComputeClusterPolicy",
            "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSNetworkingPolicy",
            "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSNetworkingClusterPolicy",
            "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicy",
            "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSLoadBalancingClusterPolicy",
            "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSBlockStoragePolicy",
            "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSBlockStorageClusterPolicy",
            "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSHybridPolicy",
            "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSEventPolicy"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/eks:eks-cluster-name" : "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "eks:DescribeAccessEntry",
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "eks:accessEntryType" : "EC2"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "events:PutRule",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:events:*:*:rule/EKS*",
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "events:source" : [
            "aws.ec2",
            "aws.health"
          ]
        },
        "StringEquals" : {
          "events:ManagedBy" : [
            "eks.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "events:PutTargets",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:events:*:*:rule/EKS*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:CreateInstanceProfile",
        "iam:DeleteInstanceProfile",
        "iam:RemoveRoleFromInstanceProfile"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/eks*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "iam:GetInstanceProfile",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:iam::*:instance-profile/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteLaunchTemplate",
        "ec2:TerminateInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/eks:eks-cluster-name" : "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteLaunchTemplate",
        "ec2:TerminateInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "ec2:ManagedResourceOperator" : [
            "eks.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteVolume"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/eks:eks-cluster-name" : "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/eks:eks-cluster-name" : "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteListener",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteRule",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancer",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteTargetGroup",
        "ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/eks:eks-cluster-name" : "*"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## 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)