Cannot create EKS Cluster : User is not authorized to perform

faraz · August 30, 2025, 8:24pm

I am unable to create EKS Cluster, getting below error
followed this document as well

kodekloudhub/certified-kubernetes-administrator-course/blob/master/managed-clusters/eks/console/docs/02-create-service-role.md

# Create the Service Role

Note that various information pop-ups may appear at the top of the console screen as you do things and may obscure other items. Dismiss these when they appear.

Before creating an EKS cluster you need to create a Cluster service IAM (Identity and Access Management) role. This grants permissions for the EKS service to access AWS APIs on your behalf.

1. Navigate to the IAM console
    1. Click in the search box and type `iam`
    1. Click on `IAM` in the result list

    ![](../images/02-iam.png)

1. Click on `Roles` in the left menu
1. Click on orange `Create Role` button towards the top right
1. On the next screen `AWS Service` should be selected. If not, click on it to select.
1. In the `Use case` box, click on `Choose a service or use case` and type `eks`. EKS should come up in the list. Click on it.
1. In the list of radio buttons that will now appear, ensure `EKS - Cluster` is selected. It should now look like this:

    ![](../images/02-trusted-entity.png)

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, but still no luck
User: arn:aws:iam::851725504263:user/kk_labs_user_591657 is not authorized to perform: iam:PassRole on resource: arn:aws:iam::851725504263:role/AmazonEKSAutoClusterRole

rob_kodekloud · August 30, 2025, 11:41pm

One thing about the tutorial that’s important to note – the naming of items is sometimes significant, since some resource names have special configuration in the playground. So I’d recommend trying the tutorial again, but making sure you preserve the suggested names of resources. This tends to work a bit better.

faraz · August 31, 2025, 7:07pm

thanks for having attention to my issue
i tried doing this many times but still getting this error
User: arn:aws:iam::183631302489:user/kk_labs_user_641431 is not authorized to perform: iam:PassRole on resource: arn:aws:iam::183631302489:role/AmazonEKSAutoNodeRole

Alistair_KodeKloud · August 31, 2025, 8:11pm

You have not disabled EKS Auto Mode.
Please pay special attention to step 3.i and 3.ii on this page

faraz · August 31, 2025, 8:26pm

Hi Alistair
It was already enabled when i landed this page

rob_kodekloud · September 1, 2025, 12:37am

Some default settings you need to turn off for the form to be accepted w/o problem.

faraz · September 1, 2025, 5:21am

sir, please let us know the default settings

rob_kodekloud · September 1, 2025, 5:22am

Follow the tutorial as closely as you can. That’s what works for me.

faraz · September 1, 2025, 5:39am

sure sir, will give it another try, will update here