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

In my case it is the AWS profile issue, be sure to use aws sts get-caller-identity to verify the IAM user.