# Getting started with EC2 policies
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Follow these steps to get started using EC2 policies.

1. [Learn about the permissions you must have to perform declarative policy tasks](orgs_manage_policies_prereqs.md).

1. [Enable EC2 policies for your organization](enable-policy-type.md).
**Note**  
**Enabling trust access is required**  
You must enable trusted access for Amazon EC2. This creates a read-only service-linked role that is used to generate the account status report of what the existing configuration is for accounts across your organization.  
**Using the console**  
If you use the Organizations console, this step is a part of the process for enabling EC2 policies.  
**Using the AWS CLI**  
If you use the AWS CLI, there are two separate APIs:  
[EnablePolicyType](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/APIReference/API_EnablePolicyType.html), which you use to enable EC2 policies.
[EnableAWSServiceAccess](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/APIReference/API_EnableAWSServiceAccess.html), which you use to enable trusted access.
For more information on how to enable trusted access for a specific service with the AWS CLI see, [AWS services that you can use with AWS Organizations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_integrate_services_list.html).

1. [Run the account status report](orgs_manage_policies_ec2_status-report.md).

1. [Create an EC2 policy](orgs_policies_create.md).

1. [Attach the EC2 policy to your organization's root, OU, or account](orgs_policies_attach.md).

1. [View the combined effective EC2 policy that applies to an account](orgs_manage_policies_effective.md).

For all of these steps, you sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user ([not recommended](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#lock-away-credentials)) in the organization's management account.

**Other information**
+ [Learn EC2 policy syntax and see example policies](orgs_manage_policies_ec2_syntax.md)