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Update generated files
ShiriNmi1520 Feb 9, 2026
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Add GlobalAccelerator IAM policy statements
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Wire GlobalAccelerator addon policy config and flags
ShiriNmi1520 Feb 9, 2026
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Update the schema, add the GlobalAccelerator property.
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Add tests for the GlobalAccelerator addon policy.
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Update generated pkg files.
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Rename policy variable in iam_test.go
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15 changes: 13 additions & 2 deletions pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/assets/schema.json
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"description": "enables IAM policy for cluster-autoscaler",
"x-intellij-html-description": "enables IAM policy for cluster-autoscaler"
},
"awsGlobalAccelerator": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"awsLoadBalancerController": {
"type": "boolean"
},
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"awsLoadBalancerController",
"albIngress",
"xRay",
"cloudWatch"
"cloudWatch",
"awsGlobalAccelerator"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "holds all IAM addon policies",
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"x-intellij-html-description": "adds policies for cluster-autoscaler. See <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/cluster-autoscaler.html\">autoscaler AWS docs</a>.",
"default": "false"
},
"awsGlobalAccelerator": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "adds policies for using the Amazon Global Accelerator. See [IAM Policy for AWS Global Accelerator Controller](https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/aws-load-balancer-controller/latest/install/aga_controller_iam_policy/).",
"x-intellij-html-description": "adds policies for using the Amazon Global Accelerator. See <a href=\"https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/aws-load-balancer-controller/latest/install/aga_controller_iam_policy/\">IAM Policy for AWS Global Accelerator Controller</a>.",
"default": "false"
},
"awsLoadBalancerController": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "adds policies for using the aws-load-balancer-controller. See [Load Balancer docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/aws-load-balancer-controller.html).",
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"externalDNS",
"certManager",
"ebsCSIController",
"efsCSIController"
"efsCSIController",
"awsGlobalAccelerator"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "for attaching common IAM policies",
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/types.go
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Expand Up @@ -1290,6 +1290,7 @@ func NewNodeGroup() *NodeGroup {
DeprecatedALBIngress: Disabled(),
XRay: Disabled(),
CloudWatch: Disabled(),
AWSGlobalAccelerator: Disabled(),
},
},
ScalingConfig: &ScalingConfig{},
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1340,6 +1341,7 @@ func NewManagedNodeGroup() *ManagedNodeGroup {
DeprecatedALBIngress: Disabled(),
XRay: Disabled(),
CloudWatch: Disabled(),
AWSGlobalAccelerator: Disabled(),
},
},
ScalingConfig: &ScalingConfig{},
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1565,6 +1567,8 @@ type (
XRay *bool `json:"xRay"`
// +optional
CloudWatch *bool `json:"cloudWatch"`
// +optional
AWSGlobalAccelerator *bool `json:"awsGlobalAccelerator"`
}

// NodeGroupSSH holds all the ssh access configuration to a NodeGroup
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation.go
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Expand Up @@ -1215,6 +1215,9 @@ func validateNodeGroupIAMWithAddonPolicies(
if IsEnabled(policies.CloudWatch) {
return fmtFieldConflictErr(prefix + "cloudWatch")
}
if IsEnabled(policies.AWSGlobalAccelerator) {
return fmtFieldConflictErr(prefix + "awsGlobalAccelerator")
}
return nil
}

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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/well_known_iam_policy.go
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Expand Up @@ -32,10 +32,14 @@ type WellKnownPolicies struct {
// efs-csi-controller. See [aws-efs-csi-driver
// docs](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/introducing-efs-csi-dynamic-provisioning).
EFSCSIController bool `json:"efsCSIController,inline"`
// AWSGlobalAccelerator adds policies for using the
// Amazon Global Accelerator. See [IAM Policy for
// AWS Global Accelerator Controller](https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/aws-load-balancer-controller/latest/install/aga_controller_iam_policy/).
AWSGlobalAccelerator bool `json:"awsGlobalAccelerator,inline"`
}

func (p *WellKnownPolicies) HasPolicy() bool {
return p.ImageBuilder || p.AutoScaler || p.AWSLoadBalancerController || p.ExternalDNS || p.CertManager || p.EBSCSIController || p.EFSCSIController
return p.ImageBuilder || p.AutoScaler || p.AWSLoadBalancerController || p.ExternalDNS || p.CertManager || p.EBSCSIController || p.EFSCSIController || p.AWSGlobalAccelerator
}

func (p *WellKnownPolicies) String() string { return "" }
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion pkg/awsapi/autoscaling.go
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions pkg/cfn/builder/iam_helper.go
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Expand Up @@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ func createWellKnownPolicies(wellKnownPolicies api.WellKnownPolicies) ([]managed
customPolicyForRole{Name: "PolicyEFSCSIController", Statements: efsCSIControllerStatements()},
)
}
if wellKnownPolicies.AWSGlobalAccelerator {
customPolicies = append(customPolicies,
customPolicyForRole{Name: "PolicyAWSGlobalAccelerator", Statements: globalAcceleratorStatements()},
)
}
return managedPolicies, customPolicies
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -143,6 +148,10 @@ func createRole(cfnTemplate cfnTemplate, clusterIAMConfig *api.ClusterIAM, iamCo
cfnTemplate.attachAllowPolicy("PolicyXRay", refIR, xRayStatements())
}

if api.IsEnabled(iamConfig.WithAddonPolicies.AWSGlobalAccelerator) {
cfnTemplate.attachAllowPolicy("PolicyAWSGlobalAccelerator", refIR, globalAcceleratorStatements())
}

return nil
}

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148 changes: 147 additions & 1 deletion pkg/cfn/builder/iam_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ var _ = Describe("template builder for IAM", func() {
ImageBuilder: true,
AutoScaler: true,
AWSLoadBalancerController: true,
AWSGlobalAccelerator: true,
ExternalDNS: true,
CertManager: true,
EBSCSIController: true,
Expand All @@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ var _ = Describe("template builder for IAM", func() {

Expect(t.Description).To(Equal("IAM role for serviceaccount \"default/sa-1\" [created and managed by eksctl]"))

Expect(t.Resources).To(HaveLen(9))
Expect(t.Resources).To(HaveLen(10))
Expect(t.Outputs).To(HaveLen(1))

Expect(t).To(HaveResource(outputs.IAMServiceAccountRoleName, "AWS::IAM::Role"))
Expand All @@ -335,6 +336,7 @@ var _ = Describe("template builder for IAM", func() {
]`))
Expect(t).To(HaveOutputWithValue(outputs.IAMServiceAccountRoleName, `{ "Fn::GetAtt": "Role1.Arn" }`))
Expect(t).To(HaveResourceWithPropertyValue("PolicyAWSLoadBalancerController", "PolicyDocument", expectedAWSLoadBalancerControllerPolicyDocument))
Expect(t).To(HaveResourceWithPropertyValue("PolicyAWSGlobalAccelerator", "PolicyDocument", expectedAWSGlobalAcceleratorPolicyDocument))
})

It("can parse an iamserviceaccount addon template", func() {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -806,3 +808,147 @@ const expectedAWSLoadBalancerControllerPolicyDocument = `{
],
"Version": "2012-10-17"
}`

const expectedAWSGlobalAcceleratorPolicyDocument = `{
"Statement": [
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole"
],
"Resource": "*",
"Condition": {
"StringEquals": {
"iam:AWSServiceName": [
"globalaccelerator.amazonaws.com"
]
}
}
},
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"globalaccelerator:ListAccelerators",
"globalaccelerator:ListEndpointGroups",
"globalaccelerator:ListListeners",
"globalaccelerator:ListTagsForResource",
"ec2:DescribeRegions",
"tag:GetResources"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"globalaccelerator:DescribeAccelerator",
"globalaccelerator:DescribeEndpointGroup",
"globalaccelerator:DescribeListener"
],
"Resource": [
{
"Fn::Sub": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:globalaccelerator::*:accelerator/*"
},
{
"Fn::Sub": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:globalaccelerator::*:accelerator/*/listener/*"
},
{
"Fn::Sub": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:globalaccelerator::*:accelerator/*/listener/*/endpoint-group/*"
}
],
"Condition": {
"Null": {
"aws:ResourceTag/elbv2.k8s.aws/cluster": "false"
},
"StringEquals": {
"aws:ResourceTag/aga.k8s.aws/resource": "GlobalAccelerator"
}
}
},
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"globalaccelerator:CreateAccelerator"
],
"Resource": "*",
"Condition": {
"Null": {
"aws:RequestTag/elbv2.k8s.aws/cluster": "false"
},
"StringEquals": {
"aws:RequestTag/aga.k8s.aws/resource": "GlobalAccelerator"
}
}
},
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"globalaccelerator:UpdateAccelerator",
"globalaccelerator:DeleteAccelerator",
"globalaccelerator:CreateListener",
"globalaccelerator:UpdateListener",
"globalaccelerator:DeleteListener",
"globalaccelerator:CreateEndpointGroup",
"globalaccelerator:UpdateEndpointGroup",
"globalaccelerator:DeleteEndpointGroup",
"globalaccelerator:AddEndpoints",
"globalaccelerator:RemoveEndpoints"
],
"Resource": [
{
"Fn::Sub": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:globalaccelerator::*:accelerator/*"
},
{
"Fn::Sub": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:globalaccelerator::*:accelerator/*/listener/*"
},
{
"Fn::Sub": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:globalaccelerator::*:accelerator/*/listener/*/endpoint-group/*"
}
],
"Condition": {
"Null": {
"aws:ResourceTag/elbv2.k8s.aws/cluster": "false"
},
"StringEquals": {
"aws:ResourceTag/aga.k8s.aws/resource": "GlobalAccelerator"
}
}
},
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"globalaccelerator:TagResource",
"globalaccelerator:UntagResource"
],
"Resource": {
"Fn::Sub": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:globalaccelerator::*:accelerator/*"
},
"Condition": {
"Null": {
"aws:RequestTag/elbv2.k8s.aws/cluster": "true",
"aws:ResourceTag/elbv2.k8s.aws/cluster": "false"
},
"StringEquals": {
"aws:ResourceTag/aga.k8s.aws/resource": "GlobalAccelerator"
}
}
},
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"globalaccelerator:TagResource"
],
"Resource": {
"Fn::Sub": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:globalaccelerator::*:accelerator/*"
},
"Condition": {
"Null": {
"aws:RequestTag/elbv2.k8s.aws/cluster": "false"
},
"StringEquals": {
"aws:RequestTag/aga.k8s.aws/resource": "GlobalAccelerator"
}
}
}
],
"Version": "2012-10-17"
}`
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Expand Up @@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ func TestManagedPolicyResources(t *testing.T) {
expectedManagedPolicies: makePartitionedPolicies("AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy", "AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy", "AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryPullOnly", "AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore"),
description: "AutoScaler enabled",
},
{
addons: api.NodeGroupIAMAddonPolicies{
AWSGlobalAccelerator: api.Enabled(),
},
expectedNewPolicies: []string{"PolicyAWSGlobalAccelerator"},
expectedManagedPolicies: makePartitionedPolicies("AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy", "AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy", "AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryPullOnly", "AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore"),
description: "AWSGlobalAccelerator enabled",
},
{
attachPolicy: cft.MakePolicyDocument(cft.MapOfInterfaces{
"Effect": "Allow",
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