AWS EKS — I Already Have a Cluster

What you need before you start

• An AWS IAM user with an access key and secret access key
• The IAM user must have at minimum:

  {
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
      {
        "Effect": "Allow",
        "Action": ["eks:DescribeCluster", "eks:ListClusters"],
        "Resource": "*"
      }
    ]
  }

• The IAM user must be added to your cluster's aws-auth ConfigMap
• Your cluster's API endpoint must be publicly accessible

Recommended: create a scoped IAM user

Rather than using your admin credentials, create a dedicated casedesk-byoc user with minimal permissions. See IAM Scoped Credentials.

Connect the cluster

1. In CaseDesk, go to Clusters → Connect cluster → AWS EKS
2. Enter your Access Key ID, Secret Access Key, and region
3. CaseDesk will list your available clusters — select the one to connect
4. Click Connect cluster →

If the connection fails with a 401 error, see 401 Unauthorized.