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Setting AWS EKS cluster using eksctl, kubectl and aws-iam-authenticator

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Setting AWS EKS cluster using eksctl, kubectl and aws-iam-authenticatorRefer: https://eksctl.io

YouTube videos :

#	Video	Topic
1	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMJa0-uJKhE	Architecture
2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUeGe2ArYZg	Service types and Networking
3	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VpK61DqBvw	Advanced Security & DevOps/GitOps
4	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6xDCz00TxU	Quick cluster setup w/ EKSctl (MacOS)

#=== Setup of EKS ctl, Kube ctl and aws-iam-authenticator ===#

Go to the folder

cd ~/opt/EKSctl

Add to PATH

export PATH="~/opt/EKSctl:$PATH"

Download the tarball for EKSctl and unzip to /tmp

curl --silent --location "https://github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/releases/download/latest_release/eksctl_$(uname -s)_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz -C /tmp

Move the eksctl executable to the location

mv /tmp/eksctl ~/opt/EKSctl/

Confirm the eksctl version

eksctl version

Download kubectl (from Amazon site: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/install-kubectl.html)

curl -o kubectl https://amazon-eks.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1.13.7/2019-06-11/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl

Access

chmod +x kubectl

Download aws-iam-authenticator : https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/install-aws-iam-authenticator.html

curl -o aws-iam-authenticator https://amazon-eks.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1.13.7/2019-06-11/bin/linux/amd64/aws-iam-authenticator

Access

chmod +x aws-iam-authenticator

References:

• https://app.pluralsight.com/player?course=using-docker-aws&author=david-clinton
• https://bootstrap-it.com/docker4aws/#kube-cluster