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1.3 Setting Kubernetes Cluster On AWS EKS using eksctl

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deepak gupta edited this page Nov 25, 2021 · 1 revision

In this Lab, gonna create K8 cluster using eksctl

We are going to see the following topics :

- Configure AWS Credentials
- Install kubectl
- Install eksctl
- Create Kubernetes Cluster
- Test Kubernetes Cluster
- Delete Kubernetes Cluster

Here, we are starting :

  1. Configure AWS Credentials : Before configuring, you need AWSCLI.
$ aws configure
AWS Access Key ID [None]: XXXXXXX
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: XXXXX
Default region name [None]: us-east-1. #region is your choice
Default output format [None]: json
  1. Install kubectl : To interact with the Kubernetes cluster we need a client tool. That is kubectl. Download kubectl. For any specific release 
$ curl -o kubectl https://amazon-eks.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1.21.2/2021-07-05/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
$ chmod +x ./kubectl
$ mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/
$ kubectl version --short --client
  1. Install eksctl : eksctl is CLI for AWS EKS. Download and extract eksctl.
$ curl --silent --location "https://github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/releases/latest/download/eksctl_$(uname -s)_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz -C /tmp
$ mv /tmp/eksctl /usr/local/bin
$ eksctl version
  1. Create Kubernetes Cluster : Everything is ready. Now we can create a Kubernetes cluster on AWS EKS using the eksctl.
eksctl create cluster \
--name OT-EKS \
--version 1.21 \
--region us-east-1 \
--nodegroup-name OT-Nodes \
--node-type t2.micro \
--nodes 2

Approximately it will take 15-20 mins to create the Kubernetes cluster.

  1. Test Kubernetes Cluster : Now the Kubernetes cluster is ready. Now we can issue few commands using kubectl. By default, the Kubernetes cluster credentials are stored in the “/root/.kube/config” folder. The kubectl will take the credentials from the config file.

Get the list of nodes in the Kubernetes cluster.

$ kubectl get nodes
NAME                             STATUS   ROLES    AGE     VERSION
ip-192-168-27-190.ec2.internal   Ready    <none>   3m14s   v1.21.5-eks-bc4871b
ip-192-168-33-248.ec2.internal   Ready    <none>   3m2s    v1.21.5-eks-bc4871b

Get the list of the namespace.

$ kubectl get ns
NAME              STATUS   AGE
default           Active   12m
kube-node-lease   Active   12m
kube-public       Active   12m
kube-system       Active   12m

etc...

  1. Delete Kubernetes Cluster : Use the AWS EKS cluster name and region name to delete the Kubernetes cluster using the eksctl.
eksctl delete cluster --name OT-EKS --region us-east-1
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