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# Using service-linked roles for Amazon EKS
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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service uses AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) [service-linked roles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles.html#iam-term-service-linked-role). A service-linked role is a unique type of IAM role that is linked directly to Amazon EKS. Service-linked roles are predefined by Amazon EKS and include all the permissions that the service requires to call other AWS services on your behalf.

**Topics**
+ [Using roles for Amazon EKS clusters](using-service-linked-roles-eks.md)
+ [Using roles for Amazon EKS node groups](using-service-linked-roles-eks-nodegroups.md)
+ [Using roles for Amazon EKS Fargate profiles](using-service-linked-roles-eks-fargate.md)
+ [Using roles to connect a Kubernetes cluster to Amazon EKS](using-service-linked-roles-eks-connector.md)
+ [Using roles for Amazon EKS local clusters on Outpost](using-service-linked-roles-eks-outpost.md)
+ [Using roles for Amazon EKS Dashboard](using-service-linked-roles-eks-dashboard.md)