AWS::EKS::Capability

EKS Capability

Resource Type definition for EKS Capability.

Properties

7 configurable properties. 5 required. Click a row to see details.

Filter:

Property	Type	Flags
`CapabilityName`	`string`	RequiredCreate-only
`ClusterName`	`string`	RequiredCreate-only
`DeletePropagationPolicy`	`string`	Required
`RoleArn`	`string`	Required
`Type`	`string`	RequiredCreate-only
`Configuration`	`CapabilityConfiguration`
`Tags`	`Array<Tag>`

Return Values

Values returned after the resource is created. Access these with Fn::GetAtt.

Attribute	Type	Description
`Arn`	`string`	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the capability.
`CreatedAt`	`string`	The Unix epoch timestamp in seconds for when the capability was created.
`ModifiedAt`	`string`	The Unix epoch timestamp in seconds for when the capability was last modified.
`Status`	`string`	The current status of the capability. Valid values include: CREATING (the capability is being created), ACTIVE (the capability is running and available), UPDATING (the capability is being updated), DELETING (the capability is being deleted), CREATE_FAILED (the capability creation failed), UPDATE_...
`Version`	`string`	The version of the capability software that is currently running.

Sample CloudFormation Template

A minimal template with required properties and common optional ones.

template.yaml

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample template for AWS::EKS::Capability

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::EKS::Capability
    Properties:
      ClusterName: "my-clustername"
      CapabilityName: "my-capabilityname"
      Type: "ARGOCD"
      RoleArn: "arn:aws:service:region:account:resource"
      DeletePropagationPolicy: "RETAIN"
      Tags:
        - Key: Environment
          Value: Production

Required IAM Permissions

Permissions CloudFormation needs in your IAM role to manage this resource.

create

eks:CreateCapabilityeks:DescribeCapabilityeks:TagResourceeks:CreateAccessEntryeks:DeleteAccessEntryeks:DescribeAccessEntryeks:UpdateAccessEntryeks:AssociateAccessPolicy

read

eks:DescribeCapability

update

eks:DescribeCapabilityeks:UpdateCapabilityeks:DescribeUpdateeks:TagResourceeks:UntagResourceiam:PassRoleiam:GetRoleeks:CreateAccessEntry

delete

eks:DeleteCapabilityeks:DescribeCapabilityeks:DeleteAccessEntryeks:DescribeAccessEntryeks:DisassociateAccessPolicyeks:ListAssociatedAccessPolicieseks:UntagResourcesso:DeleteApplication

list

eks:ListCapabilities

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Quick Facts

ServiceEKS

Properties12

Required5

TaggingSupported

Primary IDArn

Supported Operations

CreateReadUpdateDeleteList

Immutable After Creation

These properties cannot be changed after the resource is created. Updating them triggers a replacement.

ClusterNameCapabilityNameTypeConfiguration/ArgoCd/NamespaceConfiguration/ArgoCd/AwsIdc

Related Resources

External Links

AWS Documentation