# IdentityProviderConfig
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An object representing an identity provider configuration.

## Contents
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 ** name **   <a name="AmazonEKS-Type-IdentityProviderConfig-name"></a>
The name of the identity provider configuration.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** type **   <a name="AmazonEKS-Type-IdentityProviderConfig-type"></a>
The type of the identity provider configuration. The only type available is `oidc`.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/eks-2017-11-01/IdentityProviderConfig) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/eks-2017-11-01/IdentityProviderConfig) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/eks-2017-11-01/IdentityProviderConfig) 

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for Amazon EKS. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query eks` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).