Connecting IAM users with system users in EKS pods

Question

Hello,

I need to connect each IAM user to their own system user in EKS pod.

I know that using the `aws eks --region region update-kubeconfig --name cluster_name` + `kubectl exec --stdin --tty pod/test -- /bin/bash` commands i can get the "terminal access" to the pod, hosted in AWS EKS.

But it always gives me `root` user, how i can define by which user i want to authenticate into the pod? And, is it possible to define which IAM users have access to which pods system users?

I know that it is possible to do what i need with `system manager - session manager` by using SSH keys or defining the user-name with Tag `SSMSessionRunAs` for EC2 instances, but does it work similar with the EKS?

Joann

Accepted Answer

Okay, found half solution - https://medium.com/@metturarun/manage-aws-eks-nodes-through-aws-systems-manager-9483317e2ff4, im a bit new to kubernetes stuff, but yeah, it is possible to use session manager to achieve exact what i need, that 1 IAM user would have its own system user in **NODE** , but now i need to find a way to get access from node to pod, which i suppose should be possible, will not accept my own answer for now, maybe someone has better solution.

Connecting IAM users with system users in EKS pods

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