[SOLVED] AWS IAM: Allow EC2 instance to stop itself

Issue

I'm trying to allow all EC2 instances in our AWS account to stop themselves (using an automated script that uses the aws cli). I try to do so by creating an AWS IAM role with the propper policy. However, I can't find how to define the policy to only Allow instances to stop itself (and not other instances).

I tried with the following policy

{
     "Version": "2012-10-17",
     "Statement": [
         {
             "Effect": "Allow",
             "Action": [
                 "ec2:StopInstances"
             ],
             "Resource": [
                 "${ec2:SourceInstanceARN}"
             ]
         }
     ]
}

But on validation, this gives me the error This policy contains the following error: The following resources are invalid : ${ec2:SourceInstanceARN}

Is there a way to allow an instance to stop itself (and only itself)? If so, how should I do it?

Solution

As Mark B suggested in the comments, I solved my problem by changing my script to use shutdown rather than aws ec2 stop-instances. This makes the use of any policy needless, as any system can execute shutdown on itself (and only itself).

Answered By - user1834095

Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (WPSolving Admin)