ec2:CreateNatGateway

Write

ec2:CreateNatGateway is a Write access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to create a NAT gateway in a subnet

Resource types

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

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:elastic-ip/${AllocationId}

elastic-ip

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:natgateway/${NatGatewayId} required

natgateway

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:subnet/${SubnetId}

subnet

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:vpc/${VpcId}

vpc

Condition keys

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

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:AllocationId String

Filters access by the allocation ID of the Elastic IP address

ec2:Domain String

Filters access by the domain of the Elastic IP address

ec2:PublicIpAddress String

Filters access by a public IP address

ec2:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

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

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: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:SubnetID String

Filters access by the ID of a subnet

ec2:Vpc ARN

Filters access by the ARN of the VPC

ec2:Tenancy String

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

ec2:VpcID String

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

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2CreateNatGateway",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateNatGateway",
      "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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