EKS "User Guide," "Quickstart," "Step 2: Create the cluster" permissions and timeout

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Permissions for EKS Cluster Creation

The IAM Policy requirements for creating an EKS cluster are covered in the eksctl documentation, which is linked from the AWS EKS User Guide. Specifically, the eksctl installation page redirects users to the required policies through this installation guide. However, I agree that this information should be more clearly documented within the AWS EKS User Guide itself to reduce the need for external references.

Timeout Issue When Creating EKS Cluster

It is often related to a failure in one or more components within the CloudFormation stack. eksctl creates a CloudFormation stack behind the scenes, so the failure might be occurring there.

To troubleshoot this issue:

1. Go to the CloudFormation Console and review the events for the failed stack.
2. Look for any specific errors or components that failed during creation (e.g., VPC, IAM roles, or EC2 instances).
3. Based on the error, you can further investigate and adjust the configuration in your YAML file or IAM policies.

Example Configurations

There are several sample eksctl configuration YAML files that you can use as a reference. You can find them here on GitHub. Modify these examples to fit your specific requirements, and then retry creating the cluster.

Additional Troubleshooting Resources

Other users have encountered similar issues when creating EKS clusters with eksctl. For example, you can refer to this discussion, which provides a deeper dive into resolving the timeout issue by reviewing the CloudFormation events and configuration files.