Terraform resource: aws eks node group

aws_eks_node_group (terraform.io)

Arguments

• cluster_name
• desired_size
• taint
• scaling_config

Examples

 taint {
   key    = "dedicated"
   value  = "gpuGroup"
   effect = "NO_SCHEDULE"
 }

Official example

resource "aws_eks_node_group" "example" {
  cluster_name    = aws_eks_cluster.example.name
  node_group_name = "example"
  node_role_arn   = aws_iam_role.example.arn
  subnet_ids      = aws_subnet.example[*].id

  scaling_config {
    desired_size = 1
    max_size     = 2
    min_size     = 1
  }

  update_config {
    max_unavailable = 1
  }

  # Ensure that IAM Role permissions are created before and deleted after EKS Node Group handling.
  # Otherwise, EKS will not be able to properly delete EC2 Instances and Elastic Network Interfaces.
  depends_on = [
    aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.example-AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy,
    aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.example-AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy,
    aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.example-AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly,
  ]
}

Errors

• Error: error waiting for EKS Node Group
• NodeCreationFailure: Instances failed to join the kubernetes cluster
• CREATE_FAILED

Related

• Terraform EKS module: eks_managed_node_groups
• aws eks create-nodegroup

See also

• Terraform EKS resources: aws_eks_cluster, aws_eks_addon, aws_eks_fargate_profile, aws_eks_node_group, aws_eks_identity_provider_config, kubernetes_config_map_v1_data
• Terraform EKS: EKS module, EKS resources, EKS provider, EKS data sources

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/eks_node_group#taint