Credentials - Amazon EKS
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Credentials

The Amazon Signature Version 4 type of temporary credentials.

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accessKeyId

The access key ID that identifies the temporary security credentials.

Type: String

Required: Yes

expiration

The Unix epoch timestamp in seconds when the current credentials expire.

Type: Timestamp

Required: Yes

secretAccessKey

The secret access key that applications inside the pods use to sign requests.

Type: String

Required: Yes

sessionToken

The token that applications inside the pods must pass to any service API to use the temporary credentials.

Type: String

Required: Yes

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: