# AWSTransformApplicationECSDeploymentPolicy
<a name="AWSTransformApplicationECSDeploymentPolicy"></a>

**Description**: Enables the AWS Transform to deploy applications to Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) with Fargate. It grants permissions to provision, configure, and manage the underlying infrastructure required to run applications on ECS.

`AWSTransformApplicationECSDeploymentPolicy` is an [AWS managed policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).

## Using this policy
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You can attach `AWSTransformApplicationECSDeploymentPolicy` to your users, groups, and roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: Service role policy 
+ **Creation time**: September 29, 2025, 22:49 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** February 12, 2026, 18:02 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSTransformApplicationECSDeploymentPolicy`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v6 (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
<a name="AWSTransformApplicationECSDeploymentPolicy-json"></a>

```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "cloudformation:CreateStack",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudformation:UpdateStack",
        "cloudformation:DeleteStack"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ecs:CreateCluster",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:cluster/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ecs:UpdateCluster",
        "ecs:DeleteCluster"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:cluster/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "ecs:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ecs:RegisterTaskDefinition",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:task-definition/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ecs:RunTask",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:task-definition/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform"
        },
        "ArnLike" : {
          "ecs:cluster" : "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:cluster/AWSTransform*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ecs:ListTasks",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:container-instance/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "ArnLike" : {
          "ecs:cluster" : "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:cluster/AWSTransform*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ecs:DescribeTasks",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:task/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "ArnLike" : {
          "ecs:cluster" : "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:cluster/AWSTransform*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-ECS-Task-Role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-ECS-Execution-Role"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "iam:PassedToService" : [
            "ecs-tasks.amazonaws.com",
            "ecs.amazonaws.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:GetRole",
        "iam:GetRolePolicy",
        "iam:ListRolePolicies",
        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-ECS-Task-Role",
        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSTransform-Deploy-ECS-Execution-Role"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ecs:CreateService",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:service/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ecs:UpdateService",
        "ecs:DeleteService"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:service/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "ecs:ResourceTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ecs:TagResource",
        "ecs:UntagResource"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:cluster/AWSTransform*",
        "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:task-definition/AWSTransform*",
        "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:service/AWSTransform*",
        "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:task/AWSTransform*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : [
            "ResourceName",
            "CreatedBy",
            "TransformationType"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/ecs/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : [
            "ResourceName",
            "CreatedBy",
            "TransformationType"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "logs:DeleteLogGroup",
        "logs:PutRetentionPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/ecs/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "logs:UntagResource",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/ecs/AWSTransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : [
            "ResourceName",
            "CreatedBy",
            "TransformationType"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "logs:GetLogEvents",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:logs:*:*:log-group:/aws/ecs/AWSTransform*:log-stream:*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ecr:CreateRepository",
        "ecr:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ecr:*:*:repository/awstransform*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy" : "AWSTransform"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : [
            "ResourceName",
            "CreatedBy",
            "TransformationType"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ecs:DescribeClusters",
        "ecs:DescribeServices",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
        "logs:DescribeLogStreams",
        "logs:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/ecs.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForECS",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:AWSServiceName" : "ecs.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "kms:CreateGrant"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Bool" : {
          "kms:GrantIsForAWSResource" : "true"
        },
        "StringLike" : {
          "kms:ViaService" : [
            "ecr.*.amazonaws.com"
          ],
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:ecr:arn" : "*"
        },
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}",
          "kms:GrantConstraintType" : "EncryptionContextSubset"
        },
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "kms:GrantOperations" : [
            "Decrypt",
            "GenerateDataKey"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Create a permission set using AWS managed policies in IAM Identity Center](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/howtocreatepermissionset.html) 
+ [Adding and removing IAM identity permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_manage-attach-detach.html) 
+ [Understand versioning for IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html)
+ [Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-use-aws-defined-policies)