ec2:CreateFlowLogs

Write

ec2:CreateFlowLogs is a Write access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to create one or more flow logs to capture IP traffic for a network interface

Resource types

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

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:vpc-flow-log/${VpcFlowLogId}
vpc-flow-log
arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:natgateway/${NatGatewayId}
natgateway
arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:network-interface/${NetworkInterfaceId}
network-interface
arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:subnet/${SubnetId}
subnet
arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:transit-gateway/${TransitGatewayId}
transit-gateway
arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:transit-gateway-attachment/${TransitGatewayAttachmentId}
transit-gateway-attachment
arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:vpc/${VpcId}
vpc

Condition keys

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

ec2:transitGatewayAttachmentId String

Filters access by the ID of a transit gateway attachment

ec2:transitGatewayId String

Filters access by the ID of a transit gateway

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:AssociatePublicIpAddress Bool

Filters access by whether the user wants to associate a public IP address with the instance

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:AuthorizedService String

Filters access by the AWS service that has permission to use a resource

ec2:AuthorizedUser String

Filters access by an IAM principal that has permission to use a resource

ec2:AvailabilityZone String

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

ec2:AvailabilityZoneId String

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

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

ec2:Ipv4IpamPoolId String

Filters access by the ID of an IPAM pool provided for IPv4 CIDR block allocation

ec2:Ipv6IpamPoolId String

Filters access by the ID of an IPAM pool provided for IPv6 CIDR block allocation

ec2:IsLaunchTemplateResource Bool

Filters access by whether users are able to override resources that are specified in the launch template

ec2:Subnet ARN

Filters access by the ARN of the subnet

ec2:SubnetID String

Filters access by the ID of a subnet

ec2:LaunchTemplate ARN

Filters access by the ARN of a launch template

ec2:Tenancy String

Filters access by the tenancy of the VPC or instance (default, dedicated, or host)

ec2:ManagedResourceOperator String

Filters access by the presence of an EC2 operator provisioning a managed resource

ec2:NetworkInterfaceID String

Filters access by the ID of an elastic network interface

ec2:Vpc ARN

Filters access by the ARN of the VPC

ec2:VpcID String

Filters access by the ID of a virtual private cloud (VPC)

ec2:Permission String

Filters access by the type of permission for a resource (INSTANCE-ATTACH or EIP-ASSOCIATE)

Dependent actions

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

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2CreateFlowLogs",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateFlowLogs",
      "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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