ec2:AllocateHosts

Write

ec2:AllocateHosts is a Write access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to allocate a Dedicated Host to your account

Resource types

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

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:dedicated-host/${DedicatedHostId} required
dedicated-host

Condition keys

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

ec2:Region String

Filters access by the name of the AWS Region

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} String

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

aws:TagKeys ArrayOfString

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

ec2:AutoPlacement String

Filters access by the Auto Placement properties of a Dedicated Host

ec2:AvailabilityZone String

Filters access by the name of an Availability Zone in an AWS Region

ec2:HostRecovery String

Filters access by whether host recovery is enabled for a Dedicated Host

ec2:InstanceType String

Filters access by the type of instance

ec2:Quantity Numeric

Filters access by the number of Dedicated Hosts in a request

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2AllocateHosts",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:AllocateHosts",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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