ec2:PauseVolumeIO

Write

ec2:PauseVolumeIO is a Write access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to temporarily pause I/O operations for a target Amazon EBS volume

Resource types

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

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:instance/${InstanceId}
instance
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:PauseVolumeIO.

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:AvailabilityZone String

Filters access by the name of an Availability Zone in an AWS Region

ec2:CpuOptionsAmdSevSnp String

Filters access by the state of AMD SEV-SNP CPU Options. Currently, only US East (Ohio) and Europe (Ireland) are supported

ec2:EbsOptimized Bool

Filters access by whether the instance is enabled for EBS optimization

ec2:InstanceAutoRecovery String

Filters access by whether the instance type supports auto recovery

ec2:InstanceBandwidthWeighting String

Filters access by the bandwidth weighting of an instance

ec2:InstanceID String

Filters access by the ID of an instance

ec2:InstanceMarketType String

Filters access by the market or purchasing option of an instance (capacity-block, on-demand, or spot)

ec2:InstanceMetadataTags String

Filters access by whether the instance allows access to instance tags from the instance metadata

ec2:InstanceProfile ARN

Filters access by the ARN of an instance profile

ec2:InstanceType String

Filters access by the type of instance

ec2:ManagedResourceOperator String

Filters access by the presence of an EC2 operator provisioning a managed resource

ec2:MetadataHttpEndpoint String

Filters access by whether the HTTP endpoint is enabled for the instance metadata service

ec2:MetadataHttpPutResponseHopLimit Numeric

Filters access by the allowed number of hops when calling the instance metadata service

ec2:MetadataHttpTokens String

Filters access by whether tokens are required when calling the instance metadata service (optional or required)

ec2:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

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

ec2:RootDeviceType String

Filters access by the root device type of the instance (ebs or instance-store)

ec2:Tenancy String

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

ec2:AvailabilityZoneId String

Filters access by the ID of an Availability Zone in an AWS Region

ec2:Encrypted Bool

Filters access by whether the EBS volume is encrypted

ec2:ParentSnapshot ARN

Filters access by the ARN of the parent snapshot

ec2:VolumeID String

Filters access by the ID of a volume

ec2:VolumeIops Numeric

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

ec2:VolumeSize Numeric

Filters access by the size of the volume, in GiB

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:PauseVolumeIO. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2PauseVolumeIO",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:PauseVolumeIO",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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