ec2:CancelCapacityReservation

Write

ec2:CancelCapacityReservation is a Write access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to cancel a Capacity Reservation and release the reserved capacity

Resource types

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

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:capacity-reservation/${CapacityReservationId} required
capacity-reservation
arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:capacity-reservation-cancellation-quote/${CapacityReservationCancellationQuoteId}
capacity-reservation-cancellation-quote

Condition keys

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

ec2:Region String

Filters access by the name of the AWS Region

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

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

ec2:CapacityReservationFleet ARN

Filters access by the ARN of the Capacity Reservation Fleet

ec2:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

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

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2CancelCapacityReservation",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CancelCapacityReservation",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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ec2:AcceptAddressTransfer Write ec2:AcceptCapacityReservationBillingOwnership Write ec2:AcceptReservedInstancesExchangeQuote Write ec2:AcceptTransitGatewayClientVpnAttachment Write ec2:AcceptTransitGatewayMulticastDomainAssociations Write ec2:AcceptTransitGatewayPeeringAttachment Write ec2:AcceptTransitGatewayVpcAttachment Write ec2:AcceptVpcEndpointConnections Write ec2:AcceptVpcPeeringConnection Write ec2:AdvertiseByoipCidr Write ec2:AllocateAddress Write ec2:AllocateHosts Write

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