Orchestrating Kubernetes and IAM with Terraform: A Comprehensive Guide
I’ve destroyed production twice by manually clicking through AWS IAM console to update Kubernetes cluster permissions. After rebuilding everything with Terraform, we haven’t had a single IAM-related outage in 18 months. Managing Kubernetes alongside IAM policies using Infrastructure as Code isn’t just best practice—it’s the difference between controlled deployments and 3 AM emergencies. Clone the companion repo: All Terraform modules from this guide are available as a ready-to-use repository: IAMDevBox/terraform-eks-iam-infrastructure — includes the IRSA factory module, IMDSv2-enforced node groups, KMS-encrypted cluster config, and working dev/prod environment compositions. ...