ec2:DescribeIdentityIdFormat

List

ec2:DescribeIdentityIdFormat is a List access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to describe the ID format settings for resources for an IAM user, IAM role, or root user

Resource types

This action does not support resource-level permissions; use "Resource": "*" in your policy.

Condition keys

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

ec2:Region String

Filters access by the name of the AWS Region

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2DescribeIdentityIdFormat",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:DescribeIdentityIdFormat",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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