eks:DescribeCertificateAuthority

Read

eks:DescribeCertificateAuthority is a Read access-level action in the eks service. Grants permission to retrieve descriptive information about a certificate authority for an Amazon EKS cluster

Resource types

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

arn:${Partition}:eks:${Region}:${Account}:cluster/${ClusterName} required
cluster

Condition keys

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

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by a tag key and value pair

Example IAM policy

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

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

Related actions in eks

eks:AccessKubernetesApi Read eks:ActivateCertificateAuthority Write eks:AssociateAccessPolicy Write eks:AssociateEncryptionConfig Write eks:AssociateIdentityProviderConfig Write eks:CancelUpdate Write eks:CreateAccessEntry Write eks:CreateAddon Write eks:CreateCapability Write eks:CreateCertificateAuthority Write eks:CreateCluster Write eks:CreateEksAnywhereSubscription Write

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