ec2:CreateVolume

Write

ec2:CreateVolume is a Write access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to create an EBS volume

Resource types

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

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}::snapshot/${SnapshotId}
snapshot
arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:volume/${VolumeId} required
volume

Condition keys

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

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:Encrypted Bool

Filters access by whether the EBS volume is encrypted

ec2:Owner String

Filters access by the owner of the resource (amazon, aws-marketplace, or an AWS account ID)

ec2:ParentVolume ARN

Filters access by the ARN of the parent volume from which the snapshot was created

ec2:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

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

ec2:SnapshotTime String

Filters access by the initiation time of a snapshot

ec2:VolumeSize Numeric

Filters access by the size of the volume, in GiB

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:KmsKeyId String

Filters access by the ID of an AWS KMS key provided in the request

ec2:ParentSnapshot ARN

Filters access by the ARN of the parent snapshot

ec2:VolumeID String

Filters access by the ID of a volume

ec2:VolumeInitializationRate Numeric

Filters access by the initialization rate of the volume, in MiBps

ec2:VolumeIops Numeric

Filters access by the the number of input/output operations per second (IOPS) provisioned for the volume

ec2:VolumeThroughput Numeric

Filters access by the throughput of the volume, in MiBps

ec2:VolumeType String

Filters access by the type of volume (gp2, gp3, io1, io2, st1, sc1, or standard)

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2CreateVolume",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:CreateVolume",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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