--- title: "Easy AWS permissions for your EKS workloads: Pod Identity" url: https://daily.dev/posts/easy-aws-permissions-for-your-eks-workloads-pod-identity-3fo0zmt8q source_url: https://dev.to/aws-builders/easy-aws-permissions-for-your-eks-workloads-pod-identity-an-easy-way-to-grant-aws-access-13oj type: article source: "AWS Builders" published: 2024-05-27T05:19:01.858Z updated: 2024-05-27T05:19:13.184Z tags: ["aws", "kubernetes"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Easy AWS permissions for your EKS workloads: Pod Identity **[AWS Builders](https://daily.dev/sources/aws-builders)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary EKS Pod Identity is a new feature that simplifies granting AWS permissions to Kubernetes apps on EKS by directly mapping IAM roles to Kubernetes service accounts. It eliminates the need for complex setup and provides a straightforward way to manage permissions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/easy-aws-permissions-for-your-eks-workloads-pod-identity-3fo0zmt8q)