ec2:CreatePlacementGroup

Write

ec2:CreatePlacementGroup is a Write access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to create a placement group

Resource types

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

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:placement-group/${PlacementGroupName}
placement-group

Condition keys

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

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:PlacementGroupName String

Filters access by the name of a placement group

ec2:PlacementGroupStrategy String

Filters access by the instance placement strategy used by the placement group (cluster, spread, or partition)

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:IsLaunchTemplateResource Bool

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

ec2:LaunchTemplate ARN

Filters access by the ARN of a launch template

Dependent actions

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

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2CreatePlacementGroup",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreatePlacementGroup",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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