ec2:CreateImage
Literal appearances in AWS managed IAM policies. Statements that use wildcards (for example s3:*) are not counted here. This is not an IAM authorization simulation.
Policies (any)
11
Allow (Action)
11
Deny (Action)
0
NotAction
0
Index generated 4/7/2026, 3:29:24 AM. 559 policies include at least one wildcard action string (any service).
Action reference
SAR-style (unofficial)Service: Amazon EC2
Access level
WriteDescription
Grants permission to create an Amazon EBS-backed AMI from a stopped or running Amazon EBS-backed instance. This action can reboot instances as part of the image creation process, even without RebootInstances permissions. To prevent instance reboots during image creation, use the NoReboot parameter
Resource types
- image*
- instance*
- snapshot*
Dependent actions
- ec2:CreateTags
Allow (Action)
- AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForBackup
- AWSConnector
- AWSDataLifecycleManagerServiceRoleForAMIManagement
- AWSEC2VssSnapshotPolicy
- AWSElasticBeanstalkCustomPlatformforEC2Role
- AWSMarketplaceFullAccess
- AWSMarketplaceImageBuildFullAccess
- AWSOpsWorksCMServiceRole
- AWSServiceRoleForImageBuilder
- AmazonSSMAutomationRole
- SystemAdministrator
Deny (Action)
NotAction
Thanks to Ian McKay for iam-dataset (MIT), structured data derived from the AWS Service Authorization Reference. Not maintained by AWS and not guaranteed current. IAMTrail's managed policy archive is separate.
Definitions bundle generated 4/7/2026, 3:29:24 AM