aws eks update-kubeconfig --name YOUR-EKS-CLUSTER-NAME --region aws-region --role-arn

aws eks update-kubeconfig --name eks-cluster-name --region aws-region --role-arn you-may-use-a-nonexistan-role-and-command-will-not-fail
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Errors

An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the AssumeRole operation: User: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:user/your-user is not authorized to perform: sts:AssumeRole on resource: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/your-cluster-202312131231231

Related

• How do I resolve an unauthorized server error when I connect to the Amazon EKS API server?

--role-arn arn:aws:iam::012345678910:role/eks-service-role-AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKS-J7ONKE3BQ4PI

• aws sts get-caller-identity
• ~/.kube/config
• aws eks get-token

See also

• AWS EKS:AWS::EKS, aws eks [ create-cluster | list-clusters | describe-cluster | update-kubeconfig | list-updates | list-addons | update-cluster-version | update-nodegroup-version | get-token | create-addon ]