The below is an example IAM role and policy to allow the worker nodes to manage or retrieve data from other AWS services. It is used by Kubernetes to allow worker nodes to join the cluster.

terraform_iam_wn.tf

resource "aws_iam_role" "demo-cluster" {
  name = "terraform-eks-demo-cluster"

  assume_role_policy = <<POLICY
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "Service": "eks.amazonaws.com"
      },
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
    }
  ]
}
POLICY

}

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "demo-cluster-AmazonEKSClusterPolicy" {
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSClusterPolicy"
  role       = aws_iam_role.demo-node.name
}

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "demo-cluster-AmazonEKSServicePolicy" {
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSServicePolicy"
  role       = aws_iam_role.demo-node.name
}