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How does authentication and authorization work in an Amazon EKS cluster? How does AWS IAM map to Kubernetes RBAC?

💬Answer

EKS uses AWS IAM for authentication and Kubernetes RBAC for authorization. IAM verifies the user's identity, and that identity is mapped to Kubernetes users or groups. RBAC policies then determine which Kubernetes resources and actions are allowed.

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