ec2:CreateInternetGateway

Write

ec2:CreateInternetGateway is a Write access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to create an internet gateway for a VPC

Resource types

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

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:internet-gateway/${InternetGatewayId}
internet-gateway

Condition keys

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

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: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:InternetGatewayID String

Filters access by the ID of an internet gateway

Dependent actions

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

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2CreateInternetGateway",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateInternetGateway",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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