name : create-pod-identity-association.rst **Example 1: To create an EKS Pod Identity association in EKS cluster** The following ``create-pod-identity-association`` example creates an EKS Pod Identity association between a service account in the EKS cluster and an IAM role. :: aws eks create-pod-identity-association \ --cluster-name eks-customer \ --namespace default \ --service-account default \ --role-arn arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-role Output:: { "association": { "clusterName": "eks-customer", "namespace": "default", "serviceAccount": "default", "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-role", "associationArn": "arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:111122223333:podidentityassociation/eks-customer/a-8mvwvh57cu74mgcst", "associationId": "a-8mvwvh57cu74mgcst", "tags": {}, "createdAt": "2025-05-24T19:40:13.961000-05:00", "modifiedAt": "2025-05-24T19:40:13.961000-05:00" } } For more information, see `Learn how EKS Pod Identity grants pods access to AWS services <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/pod-identities.html>`__ in the *Amazon EKS User Guide*. **Example 2: To create an EKS Pod Identity association in EKS cluster with tags** The following ``create-pod-identity-association`` creates an EKS Pod Identity association between a service account and an IAM role in the EKS cluster with tags. :: aws eks create-pod-identity-association \ --cluster-name eks-customer \ --namespace default \ --service-account default \ --role-arn arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-role \ --tags Key1=value1,Key2=value2 Output:: { "association": { "clusterName": "eks-customer", "namespace": "default", "serviceAccount": "default", "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-role", "associationArn": "arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:111122223333:podidentityassociation/eks-customer/a-9njjin9gfghecgoda", "associationId": "a-9njjin9gfghecgoda", "tags": { "Key2": "value2", "Key1": "value1" }, "createdAt": "2025-05-24T19:52:14.135000-05:00", "modifiedAt": "2025-05-24T19:52:14.135000-05:00" } } For more information, see `Learn how EKS Pod Identity grants pods access to AWS services <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/pod-identities.html>`__ in the *Amazon EKS User Guide*.