# EC2FastLaunchServiceRolePolicy
<a name="EC2FastLaunchServiceRolePolicy"></a>

**Description**: Policy grants ec2fastlaunch to prepare and manage preprovisioned snapshots in customer's account & publish related metrics.

`EC2FastLaunchServiceRolePolicy` 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="EC2FastLaunchServiceRolePolicy-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="EC2FastLaunchServiceRolePolicy-details"></a>
+ **Type**: Service-linked role policy 
+ **Creation time**: January 10, 2022, 13:08 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** February 12, 2026, 17:57 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/EC2FastLaunchServiceRolePolicy`

## Policy version
<a name="EC2FastLaunchServiceRolePolicy-version"></a>

**Policy version:** v7 (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="EC2FastLaunchServiceRolePolicy-json"></a>

```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowRunInstances",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*::image/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:key-pair/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*",
        "arn:aws:license-manager:*:*:license-configuration:*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowRunInstancesOnFastLaunchCreatedResources",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:RunInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy" : "EC2 Fast Launch"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowPassRole",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:PassedToService" : [
            "ec2.amazonaws.com",
            "ec2.amazonaws.com.rproxy.goskope.com.cn"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowStopAndTerminateInstances",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:StopInstances",
        "ec2:TerminateInstances"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "EC2 Fast Launch"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowCreateSnapshot",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateSnapshot",
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "EC2 Fast Launch"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowCreateTaggedSnapshot",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateSnapshot",
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy" : "EC2 Fast Launch"
        },
        "StringLike" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedByLaunchTemplateVersion" : "*"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : [
            "CreatedByLaunchTemplateName",
            "CreatedByLaunchTemplateId"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowCreateLaunchTemplate",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy" : "EC2 Fast Launch"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowCreateTags",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:launch-template/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "ec2:CreateAction" : [
            "CreateSnapshot",
            "RunInstances",
            "CreateLaunchTemplate"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowDeleteSnapshots",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "EC2 Fast Launch"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowDeleteVolumes",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteVolume"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "EC2 Fast Launch"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowDeleteNetworkInterfaces",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "EC2 Fast Launch"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowDescribeActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions",
        "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowPutMetricData",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "cloudwatch:PutMetricData",
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "cloudwatch:namespace" : "AWS/EC2"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowEventsRuleMutations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "events:DeleteRule",
        "events:RemoveTargets",
        "events:PutRule",
        "events:PutTargets"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "events:ManagedBy" : "ec2fastlaunch.amazonaws.com"
        }
      },
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:events:*:*:rule/FastLaunch*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowEventsRuleNonMutations",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "events:ListTargetsByRule",
        "events:DescribeRule"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:events:*:*:rule/FastLaunch*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowKMSActions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "kms:ListRetirableGrants",
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowDeleteFastLaunchLaunchTemplates",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DeleteLaunchTemplate"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "EC2 Fast Launch"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
<a name="EC2FastLaunchServiceRolePolicy-learn-more"></a>
+ [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)