kubectl error You must be logged in to the server (Unauthorized) when accessing EKS cluster

Question

I have been trying to follow the getting started guide to EKS. When I tried to call kubectl get service I got the message: error: You must be logged in to the server (Unaut

Answer 1

If you are using eksctl to manage your aws eks deployments you can add the user to the config map with one command:

eksctl create iamidentitymapping --cluster  --arn arn:aws:iam:::user/ --group system:masters --username ops-user