This policy file for managing the AWS EKS cluster by developers. Please replace <Account-ID> for EKSClusterRole, and EKSNodegroupRole in the "AllowPassSpecificRoles" statement with your actual AWS account ID and the names of the IAM roles used in your EKS environment.

aws-eks-developer-permission.json

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "AllowSelfManageCredentials",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:CreateAccessKey",
                "iam:DeleteAccessKey",
                "iam:ListAccessKeys",
                "iam:UpdateAccessKey",
                "iam:GetAccessKeyLastUsed",
                "iam:CreateVirtualMFADevice",
                "iam:DeleteVirtualMFADevice",
                "iam:ListVirtualMFADevices",
                "iam:EnableMFADevice",
                "iam:DeactivateMFADevice",
                "iam:ResyncMFADevice",
                "iam:ListSigningCertificates",
                "iam:GetLoginProfile",
                "iam:UpdateLoginProfile",
                "iam:ListMFADevices",
                "iam:ChangePassword",
                "iam:GetUser",
                "iam:ListUserTags",
                "iam:TagUser",
                "iam:UntagUser",
                "iam:GenerateServiceLastAccessedDetails"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowEKSFullAccess",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "eks:ListClusters",
                "eks:DescribeCluster",
                "eks:AccessKubernetesApi",
                "eks:CreateCluster",
                "eks:UpdateClusterVersion",
                "eks:DeleteCluster",
                "eks:CreateNodegroup",
                "eks:UpdateNodegroupVersion",
                "eks:DeleteNodegroup",
                "eks:AssociateIdentityProviderConfig",
                "eks:DisassociateIdentityProviderConfig",
                "eks:DescribeIdentityProviderConfig",
                "eks:TagResource",
                "eks:UntagResource",
                "eks:DescribeNodegroup",
                "eks:ListNodegroups",
                "eks:ListUpdates",
                "eks:DescribeUpdate",
                "eks:ListAddons",
                "eks:DescribeAddon",
                "eks:DescribeAddonVersions",
                "eks:ListIdentityProviderConfigs",
                "eks:UpdateClusterConfig",
                "eks:CreateAddon",
                "eks:UpdateAddon",
                "eks:DeleteAddon",
                "eks:ListTagsForResource",
                "eks:ListFargateProfiles",
                "eks:DescribeFargateProfile",
                "eks:CreateFargateProfile",
                "eks:DeleteFargateProfile"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowEC2Networking",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ec2:CreateVpc",
                "ec2:DeleteVpc",
                "ec2:CreateSubnet",
                "ec2:DeleteSubnet",
                "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
                "ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup",
                "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
                "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
                "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress",
                "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
                "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
                "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
                "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
                "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
                "ec2:DescribeInternetGateways",
                "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
                "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
                "ec2:DescribeInstances",
                "ec2:DescribeTags",
                "ec2:DescribeNatGateways"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowIAMReadAccess",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:GetRole",
                "iam:ListRoles",
                "iam:GetRolePolicy",
                "iam:ListRolePolicies"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowPassSpecificRoles",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "iam:PassRole",
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:iam::<Account-ID>:role/EKSClusterRole",
                "arn:aws:iam::<Account-ID>:role/EKSNodegroupRole"
            ],
            "Condition": {
                "StringEquals": {
                    "iam:PassedToService": "eks.amazonaws.com"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowSTSAccess",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "sts:GetCallerIdentity"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowSSMAccess",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ssm:GetParameter",
                "ssm:GetParameters"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowCloudFormationAccess",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "cloudformation:CreateStack",
                "cloudformation:UpdateStack",
                "cloudformation:DeleteStack",
                "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
                "cloudformation:ListStacks",
                "cloudformation:GetTemplate",
                "cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents",
                "cloudformation:ListStackResources"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowAutoscalingAccess",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",
                "autoscaling:UpdateAutoScalingGroup",
                "autoscaling:CreateAutoScalingGroup",
                "autoscaling:DeleteAutoScalingGroup",
                "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingInstances",
                "autoscaling:DescribeLaunchConfigurations",
                "autoscaling:DescribeScalingActivities",
                "autoscaling:DescribePolicies",
                "autoscaling:DescribeScheduledActions"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowELBAccess",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers",
                "elasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancer",
                "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancer",
                "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetGroups",
                "elasticloadbalancing:CreateTargetGroup",
                "elasticloadbalancing:DeleteTargetGroup",
                "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeListeners",
                "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeRules",
                "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetHealth"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowCloudWatchAccess",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "cloudwatch:PutMetricData",
                "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
                "cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
                "cloudwatch:GetDashboard",
                "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
                "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowLogsAccess",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
                "logs:DescribeLogStreams",
                "logs:GetLogEvents",
                "logs:FilterLogEvents"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowTagAccess",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "tag:GetResources",
                "tag:TagResources",
                "tag:UntagResources",
                "tag:GetTagKeys",
                "tag:GetTagValues"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowCloudTrailAccess",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "cloudtrail:LookupEvents"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}