EKS Pod Identity lab

[niallthomson]

Outline the high level topic of the lab

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-eks-pod-identity-simplifies-iam-permissions-for-applications-on-amazon-eks-clusters/

Provide the flow of the lab exercise, including what sample application components will be used

This lab can use the same basic flow as the IRSA lab.

What additional AWS infrastructure or EKS addons/components will need to be created or installed to support this lab?

Pod identity addon

What additional software or configuration will be required in the Cloud9 IDE?

None

Are enhancements to the retail sample application required to support this lab exercise?

Yes, the SDKs for the sample application will need to be updated for pod identity support.

[hemanth-avs]

I am collaborating with @niallthomson @rodrigobersa and @ashoksrirama on adding this feature. We are extending our work on the blog to the workshop sample catalog application and working on adding the following features

• Example to demonstrate the EKS Pod Identity and Session Tags support