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IAM Policy Actions Map

Updated on 08 April, 2026

Reference for all IAM policy actions on Vultr. Browse permission actions by service category to build accurate policy documents for your organization.

Vultr IAM provides actions you can use in policy documents to grant or deny permissions on Vultr resources. Use these action strings in the Action field of a policy statement.

Action String Format

Each action follows the pattern service.resource.Operation. For example:

  • compute.instance.Create: Create a compute instance
  • network.dns.List: List DNS domains
  • iam.role.AttachUser: Attach a role to a user

Wildcards

Wildcards are supported for matching multiple actions:

  • compute.instance.* matches all operations on compute instances
  • compute.* matches all compute service actions
  • * matches all actions across all services

Action Categories

Account Actions
Reference for Vultr IAM account actions. View all permission actions available for managing account settings, billing, and profile information in policies.
Compute Actions
Reference for Vultr IAM compute actions. View all permission actions available for managing virtual machines, bare metal, and instance lifecycle in policies.
Registry Actions
Reference for Vultr IAM container registry actions. View all permission actions for managing container registries, repositories, and image artifacts in policies.
Database Actions
Reference for Vultr IAM database actions. View all permission actions available for managing managed databases, clusters, and database users in policies.
IAM Actions
Reference for Vultr IAM actions. View all permission actions available for managing users, groups, roles, policies, and identity configuration in policies.
Kubernetes Actions
Reference for Vultr IAM Kubernetes actions. View all permission actions for managing Vultr Kubernetes Engine clusters, node pools, and configurations.
Network Actions
Reference for Vultr IAM network actions. View all permission actions for managing VPCs, firewalls, load balancers, DNS, and reserved IPs within policies.
OIDC Actions
Reference for Vultr IAM OIDC actions. View all permission actions available for managing OpenID Connect issuers, providers, and federated tokens in policies.
Storage Actions
Reference for Vultr IAM storage actions. View all permission actions for managing block storage, object storage, snapshots, and backups within IAM policies.
Support Actions
Reference for Vultr IAM support actions. View all permission actions for managing support tickets, requests, and customer support resources within policies.