ec2:LockSnapshot

Write

ec2:LockSnapshot is a Write access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to lock an Amazon EBS snapshot in either governance or compliance mode to protect it against accidental or malicious deletions

Resource types

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

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

Condition keys

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

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:SnapshotCoolOffPeriod Numeric

Filters access by the compliance mode cooling-off period

ec2:SnapshotID String

Filters access by the ID of a snapshot

ec2:SnapshotLockDuration Numeric

Filters access by the snapshot lock duration

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

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2LockSnapshot",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:LockSnapshot",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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