This terraform-aws-eks-iam-role project provides a simplified mechanism for provisioning AWS EKS Service Account IAM roles.

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Usage

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module "eks_iam_role" {
  source = "cloudposse/eks-iam-role/aws"
  # Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
  # version     = "x.x.x"

  namespace   = var.namespace
  environment = var.environment
  stage       = var.stage
  name        = var.name
  delimiter   = var.delimiter
  attributes  = var.attributes
  tags        = var.tags

  aws_account_number          = local.account_id
  eks_cluster_oidc_issuer_url = module.eks_cluster.eks_cluster_identity_oidc_issuer

  # Create a role for the service account named `autoscaler` in the Kubernetes namespace `kube-system`
  service_account_name      = "autoscaler"
  service_account_namespace = "kube-system"
  # JSON IAM policy document to assign to the service account role
  aws_iam_policy_document = [data.aws_iam_policy_document.autoscaler.json]
}

data "aws_iam_policy_document" "autoscaler" {
  statement {
    sid = "AllowToScaleEKSNodeGroupAutoScalingGroup"

    actions = [
      "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions",
      "autoscaling:TerminateInstanceInAutoScalingGroup",
      "autoscaling:SetDesiredCapacity",
      "autoscaling:DescribeTags",
      "autoscaling:DescribeLaunchConfigurations",
      "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingInstances",
      "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups"
    ]

    effect    = "Allow"
    resources = ["*"]
  }
}

Important

In Cloud Posse's examples, we avoid pinning modules to specific versions to prevent discrepancies between the documentation and the latest released versions. However, for your own projects, we strongly advise pinning each module to the exact version you're using. This practice ensures the stability of your infrastructure. Additionally, we recommend implementing a systematic approach for updating versions to avoid unexpected changes.

Examples

Here is an example of using this module:

• examples/complete - complete example of using this module

Makefile Targets

Available targets:

  help                                Help screen
  help/all                            Display help for all targets
  help/short                          This help short screen
  lint                                Lint terraform code

Requirements

Name	Version
terraform	>= 1.2.0
aws	>= 3.0
local	>= 1.2

Providers

Name	Version
aws	>= 3.0

Modules

Name	Source	Version
service_account_label	cloudposse/label/null	0.25.0
this	cloudposse/label/null	0.25.0

Resources

Name	Type
aws_iam_policy.service_account	resource
aws_iam_role.service_account	resource
aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.service_account	resource
aws_caller_identity.current	data source
aws_iam_policy_document.service_account_assume_role	data source

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
additional_tag_map	Additional key-value pairs to add to each map in tags_as_list_of_maps. Not added to tags or id. This is for some rare cases where resources want additional configuration of tags and therefore take a list of maps with tag key, value, and additional configuration.	map(string)	{}	no
attributes	ID element. Additional attributes (e.g. workers or cluster) to add to id, in the order they appear in the list. New attributes are appended to the end of the list. The elements of the list are joined by the delimiter and treated as a single ID element.	list(string)	[]	no
aws_account_number	AWS account number of EKS cluster owner. If an AWS account number is not provided, the current aws provider account number will be used.	string	null	no
aws_iam_policy_document	JSON string representation of the IAM policy for this service account as list of string (0 or 1 items). If empty, no custom IAM policy document will be used. If the list contains a single document, a custom IAM policy will be created and attached to the IAM role. Can also be a plain string, but that use is DEPRECATED because of Terraform issues.	any	[]	no
aws_partition	AWS partition: 'aws', 'aws-cn', or 'aws-us-gov'	string	"aws"	no
context	Single object for setting entire context at once. See description of individual variables for details. Leave string and numeric variables as null to use default value. Individual variable settings (non-null) override settings in context object, except for attributes, tags, and additional_tag_map, which are merged.	any	{ "additional_tag_map": {}, "attributes": [], "delimiter": null, "descriptor_formats": {}, "enabled": true, "environment": null, "id_length_limit": null, "label_key_case": null, "label_order": [], "label_value_case": null, "labels_as_tags": [ "unset" ], "name": null, "namespace": null, "regex_replace_chars": null, "stage": null, "tags": {}, "tenant": null }	no
delimiter	Delimiter to be used between ID elements. Defaults to - (hyphen). Set to "" to use no delimiter at all.	string	null	no
descriptor_formats	Describe additional descriptors to be output in the descriptors output map. Map of maps. Keys are names of descriptors. Values are maps of the form {<br> format = string<br> labels = list(string)<br>} (Type is any so the map values can later be enhanced to provide additional options.) format is a Terraform format string to be passed to the format() function. labels is a list of labels, in order, to pass to format() function. Label values will be normalized before being passed to format() so they will be identical to how they appear in id. Default is {} (descriptors output will be empty).	any	{}	no
eks_cluster_oidc_issuer_url	OIDC issuer URL for the EKS cluster (initial "https://" may be omitted)	string	n/a	yes
enabled	Set to false to prevent the module from creating any resources	bool	null	no
environment	ID element. Usually used for region e.g. 'uw2', 'us-west-2', OR role 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', 'UAT'	string	null	no
id_length_limit	Limit id to this many characters (minimum 6). Set to 0 for unlimited length. Set to null for keep the existing setting, which defaults to 0. Does not affect id_full.	number	null	no
label_key_case	Controls the letter case of the tags keys (label names) for tags generated by this module. Does not affect keys of tags passed in via the tags input. Possible values: lower, title, upper. Default value: title.	string	null	no
label_order	The order in which the labels (ID elements) appear in the id. Defaults to ["namespace", "environment", "stage", "name", "attributes"]. You can omit any of the 6 labels ("tenant" is the 6th), but at least one must be present.	list(string)	null	no
label_value_case	Controls the letter case of ID elements (labels) as included in id, set as tag values, and output by this module individually. Does not affect values of tags passed in via the tags input. Possible values: lower, title, upper and none (no transformation). Set this to title and set delimiter to "" to yield Pascal Case IDs. Default value: lower.	string	null	no
labels_as_tags	Set of labels (ID elements) to include as tags in the tags output. Default is to include all labels. Tags with empty values will not be included in the tags output. Set to [] to suppress all generated tags. Notes: The value of the name tag, if included, will be the id, not the name. Unlike other null-label inputs, the initial setting of labels_as_tags cannot be changed in later chained modules. Attempts to change it will be silently ignored.	set(string)	[ "default" ]	no
name	ID element. Usually the component or solution name, e.g. 'app' or 'jenkins'. This is the only ID element not also included as a tag. The "name" tag is set to the full id string. There is no tag with the value of the name input.	string	null	no
namespace	ID element. Usually an abbreviation of your organization name, e.g. 'eg' or 'cp', to help ensure generated IDs are globally unique	string	null	no
permissions_boundary	ARN of the policy that is used to set the permissions boundary for the role.	string	null	no
regex_replace_chars	Terraform regular expression (regex) string. Characters matching the regex will be removed from the ID elements. If not set, "/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/" is used to remove all characters other than hyphens, letters and digits.	string	null	no
service_account_name	Kubernetes ServiceAccount name. Leave empty or set to "*" to indicate all Service Accounts, or if using service_account_namespace_name_list.	string	null	no
service_account_namespace	Kubernetes Namespace where service account is deployed. Leave empty or set to "*" to indicate all Namespaces, or if using service_account_namespace_name_list.	string	null	no
service_account_namespace_name_list	List of namespace:name for service account assume role IAM policy if you need more than one. May include wildcards.	list(string)	[]	no
stage	ID element. Usually used to indicate role, e.g. 'prod', 'staging', 'source', 'build', 'test', 'deploy', 'release'	string	null	no
tags	Additional tags (e.g. {'BusinessUnit': 'XYZ'}). Neither the tag keys nor the tag values will be modified by this module.	map(string)	{}	no
tenant	ID element _(Rarely used, not included by default)_. A customer identifier, indicating who this instance of a resource is for	string	null	no

Outputs

Name	Description
service_account_name	Kubernetes Service Account name
service_account_namespace	Kubernetes Service Account namespace
service_account_policy_arn	IAM policy ARN
service_account_policy_id	IAM policy ID
service_account_policy_name	IAM policy name
service_account_role_arn	IAM role ARN
service_account_role_name	IAM role name
service_account_role_unique_id	IAM role unique ID

Related Projects

Check out these related projects.

• terraform-null-label - Terraform module designed to generate consistent names and tags for resources. Use terraform-null-label to implement a strict naming convention.

References

For additional context, refer to some of these links.

• Terraform Standard Module Structure - HashiCorp's standard module structure is a file and directory layout we recommend for reusable modules distributed in separate repositories.
• Terraform Module Requirements - HashiCorp's guidance on all the requirements for publishing a module. Meeting the requirements for publishing a module is extremely easy.
• Terraform random_integer Resource - The resource random_integer generates random values from a given range, described by the min and max attributes of a given resource.
• Terraform Version Pinning - The required_version setting can be used to constrain which versions of the Terraform CLI can be used with your configuration

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