What could be the cause for :Failed to generate AWS EC2 Instance Types: WebIdentityErr: failed to retrieve credentials

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Auto scaler failing with the below error.

Procedure followed for here

aws_cloud_provider.go:369] Failed to generate AWS EC2 Instance Types: WebIdentityErr: failed to retrieve credentials

cluster autoscaler failed to generate aws ec2 instance types: unable to load ec2 instance type list

Tip1:https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/eks-load-balancer-webidentityerr/ — JRD, Feb 16 '22 at 11:36

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 20 '22 at 13:12

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Add "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes" permission to your <AmazonEKSClusterAutoscalerPolicy> IAM policy. Then restart the Autoscaller deployment.

kubectl -n kube-system rollout restart deployment.apps/cluster-autoscaler

This worked for me.

answered Oct 20 '22 at 13:12

Mithun Biswas

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What could be the cause for :Failed to generate AWS EC2 Instance Types: WebIdentityErr: failed to retrieve credentials

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