eks:DescribeAddon

Read

eks:DescribeAddon is a Read access-level action in the eks service. Grants permission to retrieve descriptive information about an Amazon EKS add-on

Resource types

ARNs that eks:DescribeAddon can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:eks:${Region}:${Account}:addon/${ClusterName}/${AddonName}/${UUID}
addon

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants eks:DescribeAddon.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by a tag key and value pair

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows eks:DescribeAddon. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEksDescribeAddon",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "eks:DescribeAddon",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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eks:AccessKubernetesApi Read eks:AssociateAccessPolicy Write eks:AssociateEncryptionConfig Write eks:AssociateIdentityProviderConfig Write eks:CancelUpdate Write eks:CreateAccessEntry Write eks:CreateAddon Write eks:CreateCapability Write eks:CreateCluster Write eks:CreateEksAnywhereSubscription Write eks:CreateFargateProfile Write eks:CreateNodegroup Write

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