ecs:StartTask

Write

ecs:StartTask is a Write access-level action in the ecs service. Grants permission to start a new task from the specified task definition on the specified container instance or instances

Resource types

ARNs that ecs:StartTask can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:ecs:${Region}:${Account}:task-definition/${TaskDefinitionFamilyName}:${TaskDefinitionRevisionNumber}
task-definition

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants ecs:StartTask.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by the tag key-value pairs attached to the resource

ecs:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by the tag key-value pairs attached to the resource

Dependent actions

To use ecs:StartTask you may also need to grant:

Example IAM policy

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

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEcsStartTask",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ecs:StartTask",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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ecs:AllowVendedLogDeliveryForResource Permissions management ecs:ContinueServiceDeployment Write ecs:CreateCapacityProvider Write ecs:CreateCluster Write ecs:CreateDaemon Write ecs:CreateExpressGatewayService Write ecs:CreateService Write ecs:CreateTaskSet Write ecs:DeleteAccountSetting Write ecs:DeleteAttributes Write ecs:DeleteCapacityProvider Write ecs:DeleteCluster Write

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