AmazonEKSClusterPolicy - AWS Managed Policy

AmazonEKSClusterPolicy

Description: This policy provides Kubernetes the permissions it requires to manage resources on your behalf. Kubernetes requires Ec2:CreateTags permissions to place identifying information on EC2 resources including but not limited to Instances, Security Groups, and Elastic Network Interfaces.

AmazonEKSClusterPolicy is an AWS managed policy.

Using this policy

You can attach AmazonEKSClusterPolicy to your users, groups, and roles.

Policy details

  • Type: AWS managed policy

  • Creation time: May 27, 2018, 21:06 UTC

  • Edited time: February 07, 2023, 17:33 UTC

  • ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSClusterPolicy

Policy version

Policy version: v6 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request.

JSON policy document

{ "Version" : "2012-10-17", "Statement" : [ { "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups", "autoscaling:UpdateAutoScalingGroup", "ec2:AttachVolume", "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress", "ec2:CreateRoute", "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup", "ec2:CreateTags", "ec2:CreateVolume", "ec2:DeleteRoute", "ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup", "ec2:DeleteVolume", "ec2:DescribeInstances", "ec2:DescribeRouteTables", "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups", "ec2:DescribeSubnets", "ec2:DescribeVolumes", "ec2:DescribeVolumesModifications", "ec2:DescribeVpcs", "ec2:DescribeDhcpOptions", "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces", "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones", "ec2:DetachVolume", "ec2:ModifyInstanceAttribute", "ec2:ModifyVolume", "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress", "ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes", "ec2:DescribeAddresses", "ec2:DescribeInternetGateways", "elasticloadbalancing:AddTags", "elasticloadbalancing:ApplySecurityGroupsToLoadBalancer", "elasticloadbalancing:AttachLoadBalancerToSubnets", "elasticloadbalancing:ConfigureHealthCheck", "elasticloadbalancing:CreateListener", "elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancer", "elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancerListeners", "elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancerPolicy", "elasticloadbalancing:CreateTargetGroup", "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteListener", "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancer", "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancerListeners", "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteTargetGroup", "elasticloadbalancing:DeregisterInstancesFromLoadBalancer", "elasticloadbalancing:DeregisterTargets", "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeListeners", "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancerAttributes", "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancerPolicies", "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers", "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetGroupAttributes", "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetGroups", "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetHealth", "elasticloadbalancing:DetachLoadBalancerFromSubnets", "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyListener", "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyLoadBalancerAttributes", "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyTargetGroup", "elasticloadbalancing:ModifyTargetGroupAttributes", "elasticloadbalancing:RegisterInstancesWithLoadBalancer", "elasticloadbalancing:RegisterTargets", "elasticloadbalancing:SetLoadBalancerPoliciesForBackendServer", "elasticloadbalancing:SetLoadBalancerPoliciesOfListener", "kms:DescribeKey" ], "Resource" : "*" }, { "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole", "Resource" : "*", "Condition" : { "StringEquals" : { "iam:AWSServiceName" : "elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com" } } } ] }

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