kubernetes provider does not assume the same web identity as the aws provider

[md850git]

Terraform version, Kubernetes provider version and Kubernetes version

Terraform version: 1.6.6
Kubernetes Provider version: 2.16.1
Kubernetes version: 1.30

Terraform configuration

main project 

provider "aws" {
  region = "us-east-1"
  assume_role_with_web_identity {
    role_arn                = "arn:aws:iam::${var.account_id}:role/REDACTED"
    session_name            = "sessionname"
    web_identity_token_file = "token.txt"
  }
  default_tags {
    tags = local.default_tags
  }
}

this works fine and i can create the eks cluster

module:

data "aws_eks_cluster" "eks" {
  name = module.eks.cluster_name
  depends_on = [
    module.eks.eks_managed_node_groups,
  ]
}

data "aws_eks_cluster_auth" "eks" {
  name = module.eks.cluster_name
  depends_on = [
    module.eks.eks_managed_node_groups,
  ]
}

provider "kubernetes" {
  host                   = data.aws_eks_cluster.eks.endpoint
  cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(data.aws_eks_cluster.eks.certificate_authority.0.data)
  token                  = data.aws_eks_cluster_auth.eks.token
}

Question

The kubernetes provider fails to work and terraform tries to use the default service account of the seperate jenkins pod this tf project  is running on which obviously fails. how do i get the kubernetes provider to assume the same iam role as the aws provider

[alexsomesan]

This is likely not an issue with the Kubernetes provider. I suspect it's either a permissions issue in your IAM configuration or something in the AWS provider's EKS auth datasource.

Does data.aws_eks_cluster_auth.eks.token produce any value at all? You can assign that to an output to check.

[md850git]

I’ve ended up having to install aws cli and jq on the container and then run aws sts assume role and then outputting the credentials to env vars and now it works.

[alexsomesan]

Awesome. Glad to hear that.

Do you need anything further assistance with this issue? Or are we good to close it?

[md850git]

Good to close thanks