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[ aws . eks ]

create-access-entry

Description

Creates an access entry.

An access entry allows an IAM principal to access your cluster. Access entries can replace the need to maintain entries in the aws-auth ConfigMap for authentication. You have the following options for authorizing an IAM principal to access Kubernetes objects on your cluster: Kubernetes role-based access control (RBAC), Amazon EKS, or both. Kubernetes RBAC authorization requires you to create and manage Kubernetes Role , ClusterRole , RoleBinding , and ClusterRoleBinding objects, in addition to managing access entries. If you use Amazon EKS authorization exclusively, you don't need to create and manage Kubernetes Role , ClusterRole , RoleBinding , and ClusterRoleBinding objects.

For more information about access entries, see Access entries in the Amazon EKS User Guide .

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  create-access-entry
--cluster-name <value>
--principal-arn <value>
[--kubernetes-groups <value>]
[--tags <value>]
[--client-request-token <value>]
[--username <value>]
[--type <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--cluster-name (string)

The name of your cluster.

--principal-arn (string)

The ARN of the IAM principal for the AccessEntry . You can specify one ARN for each access entry. You can't specify the same ARN in more than one access entry. This value can't be changed after access entry creation.

The valid principals differ depending on the type of the access entry in the type field. The only valid ARN is IAM roles for the types of access entries for nodes: . You can use every IAM principal type for STANDARD access entries. You can't use the STS session principal type with access entries because this is a temporary principal for each session and not a permanent identity that can be assigned permissions.

IAM best practices recommend using IAM roles with temporary credentials, rather than IAM users with long-term credentials.

--kubernetes-groups (list)

The value for name that you've specified for kind: Group as a subject in a Kubernetes RoleBinding or ClusterRoleBinding object. Amazon EKS doesn't confirm that the value for name exists in any bindings on your cluster. You can specify one or more names.

Kubernetes authorizes the principalArn of the access entry to access any cluster objects that you've specified in a Kubernetes Role or ClusterRole object that is also specified in a binding's roleRef . For more information about creating Kubernetes RoleBinding , ClusterRoleBinding , Role , or ClusterRole objects, see Using RBAC Authorization in the Kubernetes documentation .

If you want Amazon EKS to authorize the principalArn (instead of, or in addition to Kubernetes authorizing the principalArn ), you can associate one or more access policies to the access entry using AssociateAccessPolicy . If you associate any access policies, the principalARN has all permissions assigned in the associated access policies and all permissions in any Kubernetes Role or ClusterRole objects that the group names are bound to.

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

--tags (map)

Metadata that assists with categorization and organization. Each tag consists of a key and an optional value. You define both. Tags don't propagate to any other cluster or Amazon Web Services resources.

key -> (string)

One part of a key-value pair that make up a tag. A key is a general label that acts like a category for more specific tag values.

value -> (string)

The optional part of a key-value pair that make up a tag. A value acts as a descriptor within a tag category (key).

Shorthand Syntax:

KeyName1=string,KeyName2=string

JSON Syntax:

{"string": "string"
  ...}

--client-request-token (string)

A unique, case-sensitive identifier that you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request.

--username (string)

The username to authenticate to Kubernetes with. We recommend not specifying a username and letting Amazon EKS specify it for you. For more information about the value Amazon EKS specifies for you, or constraints before specifying your own username, see Creating access entries in the Amazon EKS User Guide .

--type (string)

The type of the new access entry. Valid values are Standard , FARGATE_LINUX , EC2_LINUX , and EC2_WINDOWS .

If the principalArn is for an IAM role that's used for self-managed Amazon EC2 nodes, specify EC2_LINUX or EC2_WINDOWS . Amazon EKS grants the necessary permissions to the node for you. If the principalArn is for any other purpose, specify STANDARD . If you don't specify a value, Amazon EKS sets the value to STANDARD . It's unnecessary to create access entries for IAM roles used with Fargate profiles or managed Amazon EC2 nodes, because Amazon EKS creates entries in the aws-auth ConfigMap for the roles. You can't change this value once you've created the access entry.

If you set the value to EC2_LINUX or EC2_WINDOWS , you can't specify values for kubernetesGroups , or associate an AccessPolicy to the access entry.

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Output

accessEntry -> (structure)

An access entry allows an IAM principal (user or role) to access your cluster. Access entries can replace the need to maintain the aws-auth ConfigMap for authentication. For more information about access entries, see Access entries in the Amazon EKS User Guide .

clusterName -> (string)

The name of your cluster.

principalArn -> (string)

The ARN of the IAM principal for the access entry. If you ever delete the IAM principal with this ARN, the access entry isn't automatically deleted. We recommend that you delete the access entry with an ARN for an IAM principal that you delete. If you don't delete the access entry and ever recreate the IAM principal, even if it has the same ARN, the access entry won't work. This is because even though the ARN is the same for the recreated IAM principal, the roleID or userID (you can see this with the Security Token Service GetCallerIdentity API) is different for the recreated IAM principal than it was for the original IAM principal. Even though you don't see the IAM principal's roleID or userID for an access entry, Amazon EKS stores it with the access entry.

kubernetesGroups -> (list)

A name that you've specified in a Kubernetes RoleBinding or ClusterRoleBinding object so that Kubernetes authorizes the principalARN access to cluster objects.

(string)

accessEntryArn -> (string)

The ARN of the access entry.

createdAt -> (timestamp)

The Unix epoch timestamp at object creation.

modifiedAt -> (timestamp)

The Unix epoch timestamp for the last modification to the object.

tags -> (map)

Metadata that assists with categorization and organization. Each tag consists of a key and an optional value. You define both. Tags don't propagate to any other cluster or Amazon Web Services resources.

key -> (string)

One part of a key-value pair that make up a tag. A key is a general label that acts like a category for more specific tag values.

value -> (string)

The optional part of a key-value pair that make up a tag. A value acts as a descriptor within a tag category (key).

username -> (string)

The name of a user that can authenticate to your cluster.

type -> (string)

The type of the access entry.