name : associate-access-policy.rst **To associate an access policy and its scope to the access entry of the cluster** The following ``associate-access-policy`` associates an access policy and its scope to the access entry of the specified cluster. :: aws eks associate-access-policy \ --cluster-name eks-customer \ --principal-arn arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/Admin \ --policy-arn arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSEditPolicy \ --access-scope type=namespace,namespaces=default Output:: { "clusterName": "eks-customer", "principalArn": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/Admin", "associatedAccessPolicy": { "policyArn": "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSEditPolicy", "accessScope": { "type": "namespace", "namespaces": [ "default" ] }, "associatedAt": "2025-05-24T15:59:51.981000-05:00", "modifiedAt": "2025-05-24T15:59:51.981000-05:00" } } For more information, see `Associate access policies with access entries <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/access-policies.html>`__ in the *Amazon EKS User Guide*.