Data Source: aws_eks_cluster_auth

Get an authentication token to communicate with an EKS cluster.

Uses IAM credentials from the AWS provider to generate a temporary token that is compatible with AWS IAM Authenticator authentication. This can be used to authenticate to an EKS cluster or to a cluster that has the AWS IAM Authenticator server configured.

Example Usage

data "aws_eks_cluster" "example" {
  name = "example"
}

data "aws_eks_cluster_auth" "example" {
  name = "example"
}

provider "kubernetes" {
  host                   = data.aws_eks_cluster.example.endpoint
  cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(data.aws_eks_cluster.example.certificate_authority[0].data)
  token                  = data.aws_eks_cluster_auth.example.token
}

Argument Reference

Attribute Reference

This data source exports the following attributes in addition to the arguments above: