At the moment I have 2 AWS IAM roles and each has 1 policy, call them Policy-A and Policy-B. I would like to attach both roles to an EC2 instance. Alternative is to create a new role which has both Policy-A and Policy-B.
Can I attach more than 1 IAM role to an EC2 instance?
This is a comment by krishna_mee2004, but it should be an answer:
You can attach only one role to ec2 instance. Refer this amazon document: IAM Roles for Amazon EC2. Instead:
- create 2 managed policies
- attach them to the same IAM Role.
- Attach that IAM Role to the EC2 instance.
On Attach the two policies to one IAM Role.(Updated Dec 2019)
Under IAM > Access management > Policies
Create two Policies. Docs
Under IAM > Access management > Roles
Select the IAM role you want to attach the policies to
Select the > Permissions tab then > Attach Policies Docs
Search and select the policies you would like to attach to that role Docs
Attach your role to the EC2 instance Docs .
On the navigation pane, choose > Instances.
Select the instance, choose Actions > Instance Settings> Attach/Replace IAM role.
References:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create.html
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_manage-attach-detach.html
