aws eks update-kubeconfig

aws eks update-kubeconfig configures kubectl so that you can connect to an Amazon EKS cluster.

• https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/eks/update-kubeconfig.html

aws eks list-clusters --output text | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -n1 aws eks update-kubeconfig --name
Added new context arn:aws:eks:eu-central-1:0987654321:cluster/production-eks-3yxD5aRA to /Users/my_user/.kube/config

aws eks update-kubeconfig --region us-east-2 --name education-eks-LZIQaQdP
Added new context arn:aws:eks:us-east-2:0987654321:cluster/education-eks-LZIQaQdP to /Users/my_user/.kube/config

aws eks update-kubeconfig --name my-eks-cluster-name
Updated context arn:aws:eks:us-east-2:0987654321:cluster/my-eks-cluster-name< in /Users/MY_USER/.kube/config

aws eks update-kubeconfig --name eks-cluster-name --region aws-region --role-arn

• aws eks --region $(terraform output -raw region) update-kubeconfig --name $(terraform output -raw cluster_name)

aws eks --region $(terraform output -raw region) update-kubeconfig --name $(terraform output -raw cluster_name)
Added new context arn:aws:eks:us-east-2:012345678912:cluster/education-eks-Ry318DCv to /Users/your_user/.kube/config

Errors

error: You must be logged in to the server (Unauthorized)

aws eks --region $(terraform output -raw region) update-kubeconfig --name $(terraform output -raw cluster_name)
'NoneType' object is not iterable
Solution: rm ~/.kube/config and execute it again

the server has asked for the client to provide credentials

Synopsys

  update-kubeconfig
--name <value>
[--kubeconfig <value>]
[--role-arn <value>]
[--dry-run]
[--verbose]
[--alias <value>]

Activities

• Understand implication of using --role-arn in your aws eks update-kubeconfig

Related

• ~/.kube/config
• eksctl get cluster --all-regions
• aws eks list-clusters
• kubectl get nodes
• kubectl cluster-info
• aws eks list-clusters --output text | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -n1 aws eks update-kubeconfig --name
• gcloud container clusters get-credentials
• Connect to K8s cluster
• kubectl config rename-context
• aws eks get-token

See also

• kubectl: [ cp | config | create | delete | edit | explain | apply | exec | get | set | drain | uncordon | rolling-update | rollout | logs | run | auth | label | annotate | version | top | diff | debug | replace | describe | port-forward | proxy | scale | rollout | api-resources | expose deployment | expose | patch | attach | get endpoints | ~/.kube/config | kubectl logs --help | kubectl --help, kubectl-convert, kubectl autoscale, kubectl.kubernetes.io
• AWS EKS:AWS::EKS, aws eks [ create-cluster | list-clusters | describe-cluster | update-kubeconfig | list-updates | list-addons | update-cluster-version | update-nodegroup-version | get-token | create-addon ]
• Kubernetes installation, Deploy EKS cluster using Terraform, Create your first EKS Cluster using AWS Management Console, kubeadm init, eksctl create cluster