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CreateAccessConfigRequest

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CreateAccessConfigRequest - Amazon EKS
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The access configuration information for the cluster.

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authenticationMode

The desired authentication mode for the cluster. If you create a cluster by using the EKS API, AWS SDKs, or AWS CloudFormation, the default is CONFIG_MAP. If you create the cluster by using the AWS Management Console, the default value is API_AND_CONFIG_MAP.

Type: String

Valid Values: API | API_AND_CONFIG_MAP | CONFIG_MAP

Required: No

bootstrapClusterCreatorAdminPermissions

Specifies whether or not the cluster creator IAM principal was set as a cluster admin access entry during cluster creation time. The default value is true.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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