kubectl set env daemonset -n kube-system

Your Pods are in a private subnet and need to communicate outbound to the internet. The subnet has a route to a NAT gateway.

kubectl set env daemonset -n kube-system aws-node AWS_VPC_K8S_CNI_EXTERNALSNAT=true

See also

• kubectl set [ image | selector | env ], env:
• aws-node, ipamd, kubectl logs -n kube-system aws-node, aws-vpc-cni-init, aws-eks-nodeagent, Amazon VPC CNI, managed add-ons