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Giving an EC2 instance access to AWS services v1.0.0

Use this resource to attach an IAM role to an EC2 instance to reach AWS services

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install ec2-instance-profile-iam-role

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent works out the required permissions, creates or reuses a least-privilege role, creates the instance profile and attaches it to the instance, then checks that credentials are available. It also handles access-denied errors and applications still using hardcoded keys.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Licence
Apache-2.0

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: instance profile setup procedure
  • SKILL.md: troubleshooting (instance not found, profile already attached, access denied)

Good fit for

  • Your EC2 application still has hardcoded access keys
  • An instance must read an S3 bucket and write to DynamoDB

Not for

    Tags

    • ec2
    • iam
    • instance profile
    • credentials
    • least privilege

    About

    You say

    “My EC2 instance must read the config bucket and write to a DynamoDB table, with no hardcoded key: set up the role.”

    Card for the “Giving an EC2 instance access to AWS services” skill

    Skill published by aws under the Apache-2.0 license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to attach an IAM role to an EC2 instance to reach AWS services
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE10.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • references/ec2-instance-profile-setup.md33.8 KB
    • SKILL.md1.8 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    aws
    Source
    github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/b08b99f38098c30c0ee1a781accd8e349e5b145c/skills/specialized-skills/ec2-skills/setting-up-ec2-instance-profiles
    Licence
    Apache-2.0

    Notice

    « setting-up-ec2-instance-profiles » (aws, Apache-2.0) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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