ec2:AllocateAddress

Write

ec2:AllocateAddress is a Write access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to allocate an Elastic IP address (EIP) to your account

Resource types

ARNs that ec2:AllocateAddress can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:elastic-ip/${AllocationId}
elastic-ip
arn:${Partition}:ec2::${Account}:ipam-pool/${IpamPoolId}
ipam-pool
arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:ipv4pool-ec2/${Ipv4PoolEc2Id}
ipv4pool-ec2

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants ec2:AllocateAddress.

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by a tag key and value pair that is allowed in the request

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by a tag key and value pair of a resource

aws:TagKeys ArrayOfString

Filters access by a list of tag keys that are allowed in the request

ec2:AllocationId String

Filters access by the allocation ID of the Elastic IP address

ec2:Attribute String

Filters access by an attribute of a resource

ec2:Attribute/${AttributeName} String

Filters access by an attribute being set on a resource

ec2:Domain String

Filters access by the domain of the Elastic IP address

ec2:PublicIpAddress String

Filters access by a public IP address

ec2:Region String

Filters access by the name of the AWS Region

ec2:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by a tag key and value pair of a resource

Dependent actions

To use ec2:AllocateAddress you may also need to grant:

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows ec2:AllocateAddress. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2AllocateAddress",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:AllocateAddress",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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