Amazon managed policies for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
An Amazon managed policy is a standalone policy that is created and administered by Amazon. Amazon managed policies are designed to provide permissions for many common use cases so that you can start assigning permissions to users, groups, and roles.
Keep in mind that Amazon managed policies might not grant least-privilege permissions for your specific use cases because they're available for all Amazon customers to use. We recommend that you reduce permissions further by defining customer managed policies that are specific to your use cases.
You cannot change the permissions defined in Amazon managed policies. If Amazon updates the permissions defined in an Amazon managed policy, the update affects all principal identities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to. Amazon is most likely to update an Amazon managed policy when a new Amazon Web Service is launched or new API operations become available for existing services.
For more information, see Amazon managed policies in the IAM User Guide.
Amazon managed policy: AmazonVPCFullAccess
You can attach the AmazonVPCFullAccess policy to your IAM identities.
This policy grants permissions that allow full access to Amazon VPC.
To view the permissions for this policy, see AmazonVPCFullAccess in the Amazon Managed Policy Reference.
Amazon managed policy: AmazonVPCReadOnlyAccess
You can attach the AmazonVPCReadOnlyAccess policy to your IAM identities.
This policy grants permissions that allow read-only access to Amazon VPC.
To view the permissions for this policy, see AmazonVPCReadOnlyAccess in the Amazon Managed Policy Reference.
Amazon managed policy: AmazonVPCCrossAccountNetworkInterfaceOperations
You can attach the AmazonVPCCrossAccountNetworkInterfaceOperations policy to your IAM identities.
This policy grants permissions that allow the identity to create network interfaces and attach them
to cross-account resources.
To view the permissions for this policy, see AmazonVPCCrossAccountNetworkInterfaceOperations in the Amazon Managed Policy Reference.
Amazon VPC updates to Amazon managed policies
View details about updates to Amazon managed policies for Amazon VPC since this service began tracking these changes in March 2021.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon managed policy: AmazonVPCFullAccess – Update to an existing policy | Added the GetSecurityGroupsForVpc action, which allows you to get security groups that are usable in your VPC. | February 8, 2024 |
| Amazon managed policy: AmazonVPCReadOnlyAccess – Update to an existing policy | Added the GetSecurityGroupsForVpc action, which allows you to get security groups that are usable in your VPC. | February 8, 2024 |
| Amazon managed policy: AmazonVPCCrossAccountNetworkInterfaceOperations – Update to an existing policy | Added the AssignIpv6Addresses and UnassignIpv6Addresses actions, which allow you to manage the IPv6 addresses associated with network interfaces. | September 25, 2023 |
| Amazon managed policy: AmazonVPCReadOnlyAccess – Update to an existing policy | Added the DescribeSecurityGroupRules action, which allows you to view security group rules. | August 2, 2021 |
| Amazon managed policy: AmazonVPCFullAccess – Update to an existing policy | Added the DescribeSecurityGroupRules and ModifySecurityGroupRules actions, which allow you to view and modify security group rules. | August 2, 2021 |
| Amazon managed policy: AmazonVPCFullAccess – Update to an existing policy | Added actions for carrier gateways, IPv6 pools, local gateways, and local gateway route tables. | June 23, 2021 |
| Amazon managed policy: AmazonVPCReadOnlyAccess – Update to an existing policy | Added actions for carrier gateways, IPv6 pools, local gateways, and local gateway route tables. | June 23, 2021 |