aws-iam-authenticator for EKS

• Installation: brew install aws-iam-authenticator
• Help: aws-iam-authenticator --help

aws-iam-authenticator token
aws-iam-authenticator verify

kubectl config view --minify | grep command
          command: aws-iam-authenticator

Terraform EKS apply output

users:
- name: eks_education-eks-Ry318DCv
 user:
   exec:
     apiVersion: client.authentication.k8s.io/v1alpha1
     command: aws-iam-authenticator
     args:
       - "token"
       - "-i"
       - "education-eks-Ry318DCv"

Related

• EKS Terraform
• ConfigMap
• aws eks get-token alternative authentication method.
• .kube/config
• aws eks update-kubeconfig --name my-eks-cluster-name

See also

• AWS IAM Authenticator for Kubernetes: aws-iam-authenticator: [token | verify | add | init | server | version | --help], configmap/aws-auth, AmazonEKSAdminPolicy, AmazonEKSClusterAdminPolicy
• EKS RBAC, Amazon EKS authentication, Amazon EKS authorization, aws eks get-token, aws-auth ConfigMap, aws-iam-authenticator, eksctl create iamidentitymapping, eksctl get iamidentitymapping, eks:AccessKubernetesApi, eks-connector, K8s Cluster roles, AmazonEKSAdminPolicy, AmazonEKSClusterAdminPolicy
• IAM: AWS IAM Identity Center, AWS Identity and Access Management, Google Cloud IAM, Azure IAM, SailPoint, CyberArk, CIAM, ForgeRock, iam:ChangePassword, aws iam, AdministratorAccess, Context keys, IAM Access Analyzer, AWS policy, AWS managed policies, IAMUserChangePassword, AWS Roles, List of AWS policies, Resource-based policy, aws-iam-authenticator, IRSA, RDS Authentication, AccessDenied, AWS Authentication, AWS IAM external access analyzer