Returns descriptive information about an Amazon EKS cluster.
The API server endpoint and certificate authority data returned by this operation are required for kubelet and kubectl to communicate with your Kubernetes API server. For more information, see Create a kubeconfig for Amazon EKS.
The API server endpoint and certificate authority data aren't available until the cluster reaches the ACTIVE state.
get/clusters/{name}
Path parameters
namestring required
The name of the cluster to describe.
Response
Success
Example response
{
"cluster": {
"version": "1.10",
"name": "devel",
"arn": "arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:012345678910:cluster/devel",
"certificateAuthority": {
"data": "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"
},
"createdAt": 1527807879.988,
"endpoint": "https://A0DCCD80A04F01705DD065655C30CC3D.yl4.us-west-2.eks.amazonaws.com",
"resourcesVpcConfig": {
"securityGroupIds": [
"sg-6979fe18"
],
"subnetIds": [
"subnet-6782e71e",
"subnet-e7e761ac"
],
"vpcId": "vpc-950809ec"
},
"roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::012345678910:role/eks-service-role-AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKS-J7ONKE3BQ4PI",
"status": "ACTIVE"
}
}