Deploy EKS cluster using Terraform

• Terraform eks module: https://registry.terraform.io/modules/terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws/latest
  • 21 resources: aws_eks_cluster (Terraform EKS apply output, terraform show | grep resource)

Example

0) Download code

git clone https://github.com/hashicorp/learn-terraform-provision-eks-cluster

cd learn-terraform-provision-eks-cluster

1) Execute

terraform init #It may take several minutes
terraform plan
terraform apply
(Terraform EKS apply output)

1.1) Review EKS cluster created

kubectl get nodes
The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?

2) Update configuration

Update kubeconfig with credentials:
aws eks --region $(terraform output -raw region) update-kubeconfig --name $(terraform output -raw cluster_name)
Added new context arn:aws:eks:us-east-2:XXXXXXX:cluster/myeks-eks-xxxx to /Users/youruser/.kube/config

3) Review resources:

 terraform show | grep -w resource | sort | uniq

4) Configure kubectl

aws eks list-clusters --output text | awk '{print $2}'
aws eks update-kubeconfig --name my-eks-cluster-name

5) Review cluster status/configuration

kubectl cluster-info

Related

• aws eks update-kubeconfig --name my-eks-cluster-name
• kubectl cluster-info
• kubectl get nodes
• kubectl describe nodes
• kubeclt get services
• Terraform resource: aws eks cluster
• AccessDenied ... CreateRole
• iam:CreatePolicy, iam:CreateRole
• aws eks create-cluster
• asg_desired_capacity, InstanceType
• kubectl proxy
• kubeadm

eksctl create cluster

Activities

• Review https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/eks

See also

• kubectl get: [ all | componentstatus | pods | apiservices | events | event| nodes | replicaset | services | svc | namespaces| hpa | secret | deployments | serviceaccounts | endpoints | daemonset | networkpolicy ], kubectl get -h
• EKS, eksctl, EKS add-ons, Amazon EKS cluster role, Terraform EKS, Kubernetes Autoscaler, Karpenter, Terraform module: EKS, Terraform resource: aws eks node group, Terraform data source: aws_eks_cluster, AWS Controllers for Kubernetes, AWS Load Balancer Controller, Amazon EKS Anywhere, Kustomize, aws-iam-authenticator, ACK, tEKS, Amazon EKS authorization, Amazon EKS authentication, Nodegroup, EKS storage, aws-ebs-csi-driver, aws-efs-csi-driver, aws-load-balancer-controller, amazon-vpc-cni-k8s, EKS security, EKS Best Practices Guides, hardeneks, EKS versions, fargate-scheduler, eks-connector, Resilience in Amazon EKS, EKS control plane logging, Security groups for Pods in EKS
• Terraform EKS, Terraform EKS module, Deploy EKS cluster using Terraform, Terraform EKS apply output, terraform show, ~/.kube/config, aws_eks_cluster, aws_eks_addon, module.eks_managed_node_group, eks-cluster.tf, node_groups, worker_groups
• Kubernetes installation, Deploy EKS cluster using Terraform, Create your first EKS Cluster using AWS Management Console, kubeadm init, eksctl create cluster