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title: "Discussion on \"IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA) in EKS — The Right Way (With Terraform)\" | Hashnode"
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Overview When running workloads in Kubernetes, one of the biggest challenges is securely accessing AWS services. If you're using Amazon EKS, the recommended approach is IAM Roles for Service Accounts

Mar 16 · 6 min read · tiacode.hashnode.dev  
Updated Apr 2  
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