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AmazonSSMManagedEC2InstanceDefaultPolicy - AWS Managed Policy

AmazonSSMManagedEC2InstanceDefaultPolicy

Description: This policy enables AWS Systems Manager functionality on EC2 instances.

AmazonSSMManagedEC2InstanceDefaultPolicy is an AWS managed policy.

Using this policy

You can attach AmazonSSMManagedEC2InstanceDefaultPolicy to your users, groups, and roles.

Policy details

  • Type: AWS managed policy

  • Creation time: August 30, 2022, 20:54 UTC

  • Edited time: July 16, 2024, 18:14 UTC

  • ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSSMManagedEC2InstanceDefaultPolicy

Policy version

Policy version: v2 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request.

JSON policy document

{ "Version" : "2012-10-17", "Statement" : [ { "Sid" : "AllowSSMAgentPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "ssm:DescribeAssociation", "ssm:GetDeployablePatchSnapshotForInstance", "ssm:GetDocument", "ssm:DescribeDocument", "ssm:GetManifest", "ssm:ListAssociations", "ssm:ListInstanceAssociations", "ssm:PutInventory", "ssm:PutComplianceItems", "ssm:PutConfigurePackageResult", "ssm:UpdateAssociationStatus", "ssm:UpdateInstanceAssociationStatus", "ssm:UpdateInstanceInformation" ], "Resource" : "*" }, { "Sid" : "AllowSSMChannelMessaging", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "ssmmessages:CreateControlChannel", "ssmmessages:CreateDataChannel", "ssmmessages:OpenControlChannel", "ssmmessages:OpenDataChannel" ], "Resource" : "*" }, { "Sid" : "AllowSSMLegacyMessaging", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "ec2messages:AcknowledgeMessage", "ec2messages:DeleteMessage", "ec2messages:FailMessage", "ec2messages:GetEndpoint", "ec2messages:GetMessages", "ec2messages:SendReply" ], "Resource" : "*" } ] }

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