---
title: "Create cluster IAM access"
slug: "nks-createaccessentry"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:05:54Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:05:54Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/nks-createaccessentry"
---

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# Create cluster IAM access

Available in VPC

Create IAM access for a created cluster based on the entered information.

## Request

The following describes the request format for the endpoint. The request format is as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| POST | /vnks/v2/clusters/{uuid}/access-entries (Korea Region) |
| POST | /vnks/sgn-v2/clusters/{uuid}/access-entries (Singapore Region) |
| POST | /vnks/jpn-v2/clusters/{uuid}/access-entries (Japan Region) |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Ncloud Kubernetes Service APIs, see [Ncloud Kubernetes Service request headers](/docs/en/compute-vpckubernetesservice#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request syntax

The request syntax is as follows.

```
{
  "type": "string",
  "entry": "string",
  "groups": [
    "string"
  ],
  "policies": [
    {
      "type": "string",
      "scope": "string",
      "namespaces": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

### Request body

The following describes the request body.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `type` | String | Required | IAM access type - `USER` - `ROLE` |
| `entry` | String | Required | NRN information by IAM USER, ROLE |
| `groups` | Array | Optional | Group name |
| `policies` | Array | Optional | List of policies to add: [policies](/docs/en/nks-createaccessentry#policies) |

#### `policies`

The following describes `policies`.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `type` | String | Conditional | Policy type - Required when entering `policies` - `NKSClusterAdminPolicy` - `NKSAdminPolicy` - `NKSEditPolicy` - `NKSViewPolicy` |
| `scope` | String | Conditional | Policy scope - Required when entering `policies` - `cluster` - `namespace` |
| `namespaces` | Array | Conditional | Namespace - Required when the `scope` setting is `namespace` |

### Request example

The following is a sample request.

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://nks.apigw.ntruss.com/vnks/v2/clusters/****a20e-e0fb-4dc9-af1b-97fd3f8d****/access-entries' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Sub Account Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
--data '{
  "type": "USER",
  "entry": "string",
  "groups": [
    "string"
  ],
  "policies": [
    {
      "type": "string",
      "scope": "string",
      "namespaces": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ]
}'
```

## Response

The following describes the response format.

### Response syntax

The response syntax is as follows.

```
{
    "uuid": "string"
}
```

### Response body

The following describes the response body.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `uuid` | String | - | UUID of the cluster |

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Ncloud Kubernetes Service APIs, see [Ncloud Kubernetes Service response status codes](/docs/en/compute-vpckubernetesservice#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The following is a sample example.

```
{
    "uuid": "****a20e-e0fb-4dc9-af1b-97fd3f8d****"
}
```