<p>I am deploying prometheus which needs persistent volume(i have also tried with other statefulset), but persistent volume is not created and persistent volume clam shows the flowing error after kubectl describe -n {namespace} {pvc-name}.</p>

<pre><code>Type: Warning 

Reason: ProvisioningFailed

From: persistentvolume-controller

Message: (combined from similar events): Failed to provision volume with StorageClass "gp2": error querying for all zones: error listing AWS instances: "UnauthorizedOperation: You are not authorized to perform this operation.\n\tstatus code: 403, request id: d502ce90-8af0-4292-b872-ca04900d41dc"

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<pre><code>kubectl get sc
NAME            PROVISIONER             AGE
gp2 (default)   kubernetes.io/aws-ebs   7d17h
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<pre><code>kubectl describe sc gp2

Name:            gp2
IsDefaultClass:  Yes
Annotations:     kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration={"apiVersion":"storage.k8s.io/v1","kind":"StorageClass","metadata":{"annotations":{"storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class":"true"},"name":"gp2"},"parameters":{"fsType":"ext4","type":"gp2"},"provisioner":"kubernetes.io/aws-ebs","volumeBindingMode":"WaitForFirstConsumer"}
,storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class=true
Provisioner:           kubernetes.io/aws-ebs
Parameters:            fsType=ext4,type=gp2
AllowVolumeExpansion:  &lt;unset&gt;
MountOptions:          &lt;none&gt;
ReclaimPolicy:         Delete
VolumeBindingMode:     WaitForFirstConsumer
Events:                &lt;none&gt;
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<p>K8s versions(aws eks):</p>

<pre><code>Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"16", GitVersion:"v1.16.2", GitCommit:"c97fe5036ef3df2967d086711e6c0c405941e14b", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2019-10-15T23:41:55Z", GoVersion:"go1.12.10", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"darwin/amd64"}
Server Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"14+", GitVersion:"v1.14.8-eks-b7174d", GitCommit:"b7174db5ee0e30c94a0b9899c20ac980c0850fc8", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2019-10-18T17:56:01Z", GoVersion:"go1.12.10", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}
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<p>helm version</p>

<pre><code>version.BuildInfo{Version:"v3.0.0", GitCommit:"e29ce2a54e96cd02ccfce88bee4f58bb6e2a28b6", GitTreeState:"clean", GoVersion:"go1.13.4"}
</code></pre>

mad_boy
<p>I solved this problem by adding <code>AmazonEKSClusterPolicy</code> and <code>AmazonEKSServicePolicy</code> to the eks cluster role.<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/PSKRc.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/PSKRc.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
