get-token — AWS CLI 2.0.33 Command Reference

[ aws . eks ]

Description¶

Get a token for authentication with an Amazon EKS cluster. This can be used as an alternative to the aws-iam-authenticator.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Synopsis¶

 get-token--cluster-name <value>[--role-arn <value>]

Options¶

--cluster-name (string) Specify the name of the Amazon EKS cluster to create a token for.

--role-arn (string) Assume this role for credentials when signing the token.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples¶

To get a cluster authentication token

This example command gets an authentication token for a cluster named example.

Command:

aws eks get-token --cluster-name example

Output:

{ "kind": "ExecCredential", "apiVersion": "", "spec": {}, "status": { "expirationTimestamp": "2019-08-14T18:44:27Z", "token": "k8s-aws-v1EXAMPLE_TOKEN_DATA_STRING..." }}