what is kube2iam fr?

fieldju/kube2iam — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2020-05-04

Audience · ops devopsComplexity · 4/5DormantSetup · hard

vibe map

mindmap
  root((kube2iam))
    What it does
      Intercepts credential requests
      Matches pod to AWS role
      Blocks cross-pod access
    Tech stack
      Kubernetes
      AWS IAM
    Use cases
      Isolate pod permissions
      Secure shared clusters
      Limit blast radius
    Audience
      DevOps teams
      Security engineers
    Setup
      Run as daemon per node
      Annotate pods with roles

mindmap root((kube2iam)) What it does Intercepts credential requests Matches pod to AWS role Blocks cross-pod access Tech stack Kubernetes AWS IAM Use cases Isolate pod permissions Secure shared clusters Limit blast radius Audience DevOps teams Security engineers Setup Run as daemon per node Annotate pods with roles

what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Give each pod only the AWS permissions it specifically needs.

VIBE 2

Prevent a compromised container from stealing another pod's AWS credentials.

VIBE 3

Run multiple teams' services on one shared Kubernetes cluster safely.

VIBE 4

Restrict which AWS role a pod can assume via a simple annotation.

what's the stack?

KubernetesAWS IAMGo

how it stacks up fr

	fieldju/kube2iam	0verflowme/alarm-clock	0xhassaan/nn-from-scratch
Stars	—	—	0
Language	—	CSS	Python
Last pushed	2020-05-04	2022-10-03	—
Maintenance	Dormant	Dormant	—
Setup difficulty	hard	easy	moderate
Complexity	4/5	2/5	4/5
Audience	ops devops	vibe coder	developer

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

how do i run it?

Difficulty · hard time til it works · 1h+

Requires configuring AWS IAM role assumption and running as a privileged daemon on every cluster node.

The README does not state a license.

prompts (copy fr)

prompt 1

Explain how to annotate a Kubernetes pod so kube2iam assigns it a specific AWS role.

prompt 2

Help me set up kube2iam as a daemon on every node in my cluster.

prompt 3

Show me how to configure AWS role assumption so kube2iam can fetch scoped credentials.

prompt 4

What annotation do I add to a pod spec to restrict it to a single AWS IAM role?

Frequently asked questions