diff --git a/lab/us-gov-east-1/vpc/mcmCluster/eks-istio/providers.tf b/lab/us-gov-east-1/vpc/mcmCluster/eks-istio/providers.tf
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+
+
+provider "aws" {
+  profile = var.profile
+  region  = var.region
+}
+
+data "aws_eks_cluster" "cluster" {
+  name = var.cluster_name
+}
+
+data "aws_eks_cluster_auth" "cluster" {
+  name = var.cluster_name
+}
+
+provider "kubernetes" {
+  host = data.aws_eks_cluster.cluster.endpoint
+
+  cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(data.aws_eks_cluster.cluster.certificate_authority[0].data)
+  token                  = data.aws_eks_cluster_auth.cluster.token
+}
+
+provider "helm" {
+  kubernetes {
+    host = data.aws_eks_cluster.cluster.endpoint
+
+    cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(data.aws_eks_cluster.cluster.certificate_authority[0].data)
+    token                  = data.aws_eks_cluster_auth.cluster.token
+  }
+}