<p>I'm trying to create a cluster via eksctl, using defaults options, and AMI user with &quot;AdministratorAccess&quot;, I get stuck at &quot;waiting for CloudFormation stack&quot;</p>
<pre><code> &gt; eksctl create cluster --name dev
[ℹ]  eksctl version 0.36.0
[ℹ]  using region us-west-2
[ℹ]  setting availability zones to [us-west-2a us-west-2c us-west-2b]
[ℹ]  subnets for us-west-2a - public:192.168.0.0/19 private:192.168.96.0/19
[ℹ]  subnets for us-west-2c - public:192.168.32.0/19 private:192.168.128.0/19
[ℹ]  subnets for us-west-2b - public:192.168.64.0/19 private:192.168.160.0/19
[ℹ]  nodegroup &quot;ng-fa4af514&quot; will use &quot;ami-0532808ed453f9ca3&quot; [AmazonLinux2/1.18]
[ℹ]  using Kubernetes version 1.18
[ℹ]  creating EKS cluster &quot;dev&quot; in &quot;us-west-2&quot; region with un-managed nodes
[ℹ]  will create 2 separate CloudFormation stacks for cluster itself and the initial nodegroup
[ℹ]  if you encounter any issues, check CloudFormation console or try 'eksctl utils describe-stacks --region=us-west-2 --cluster=dev'
[ℹ]  CloudWatch logging will not be enabled for cluster &quot;dev&quot; in &quot;us-west-2&quot;
[ℹ]  you can enable it with 'eksctl utils update-cluster-logging --enable-types={SPECIFY-YOUR-LOG-TYPES-HERE (e.g. all)} --region=us-west-2 --cluster=dev'
[ℹ]  Kubernetes API endpoint access will use default of {publicAccess=true, privateAccess=false} for cluster &quot;dev&quot; in &quot;us-west-2&quot;
[ℹ]  2 sequential tasks: { create cluster control plane &quot;dev&quot;, 3 sequential sub-tasks: { no tasks, create addons, create nodegroup &quot;ng-fa4af514&quot; } }
[ℹ]  building cluster stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  deploying stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
[ℹ]  waiting for CloudFormation stack &quot;eksctl-dev-cluster&quot;
</code></pre>
<p>I have tried different regions, ran into the same issue.</p>

<p>It takes almost 20 minutes to create the stacks in Cloudformation. When you create the cluster, check the progress of the stack in Cloudformation console: <a href="https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home" rel="noreferrer">https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home</a>.</p>
