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https://eksctl.io/

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Clusters

ActionCommand
Get clustereksctl get cluster [--name=<name>] [--region=<region>]
Create clustereksctl create cluster --name=cluster-1 --nodes=4
Write kubeconfigeksctl utils write-kubeconfig --name=<name> [--kubeconfig=<path>] [--set-kubeconfig-context=<bool>]
Delete clustereksctl delete cluster --name=<name> [--region=<region>]

eksctl create cluster --name=cluster-3 --nodes=4 --auto-kubeconfig

ActionFlagExample
Name the cluster--nameeksctl create cluster --name=cluster-3
Set default node count--nodeseksctl create cluster --nodes=4
Auto configure kubectl--auto-kubeconfigeksctl create cluster --auto-kubeconfig
Use an auth scaling group--nodes-min, --nodes-maxeksctl create cluster --nodes-min=3 --nodes-max=5

Node Groups

ActionCommand
Get nodegroupeksctl get nodegroup --cluster=<clusterName> [--name=<nodegroupName>]
Create nodegroupeksctl create nodegroup --cluster=<clusterName> [--name=<nodegroupName>]
Scale nodegroupeksctl scale nodegroup --cluster=cluster-1 --nodes=5 ng-a345f4e1
Delete nodegroupeksctl delete nodegroup --cluster=<clusterName> --nodes=<desiredCount> --name=<nodegroupName>
SSH Access Flag--ssh-access
Full ECR Access--full-ecr-access
Enable autoscaling--asg-access

Once clsuter is running, you'll need to add the autoscaler yourself. See https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/blob/master/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/README.md.

Creating a cluster using a config file instead of flags

You can create a cluster using a config file instead of flags.

First, create cluster.yaml file:

apiVersion: eksctl.io/v1alpha3 kind: ClusterConfig metadata: name: basic-cluster region: eu-north-1 nodeGroups: - name: ng-1 instanceType: m5.large desiredCapacity: 10

Next, run this command:

eksctl create cluster -f cluster.yaml

This will create a cluster as described.

If you needed to use an existing VPC, you can use a config file like this:

apiVersion: eksctl.io/v1alpha3 kind: ClusterConfig metadata: name: cluster-in-existing-vpc region: eu-north-1 vpc: subnets: private: eu-north-1a: {id: subnet-0ff156e0c4a6d300c} eu-north-1b: {id: subnet-0549cdab573695c03} eu-north-1c: {id: subnet-0426fb4a607393184} nodeGroups: - name: ng-1-workers labels: {role: workers} instanceType: m5.xlarge desiredCapacity: 10 privateNetworking: true - name: ng-2-builders labels: {role: builders} instanceType: m5.2xlarge desiredCapacity: 2 privateNetworking: true iam: withAddonPolicies: imageBuilder: true

See

examples/

examples/

directory for more sample config files.

Usage

To download the latest release, run:

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

Alternatively, macOS users can use Homebrew:

brew install weaveworks/tap/eksctl

You will need to have AWS API credentials configured. What works for AWS CLI or any other tools (kops, Terraform etc), should be sufficient. You can use ~/.aws/credentials file or environment variables. For more information read AWS documentation.

To create a basic cluster, run:

eksctl create cluster

A cluster will be created with default parameters:

  • Exciting auto-generated name, e.g. "fabulous-mushroom-1527688624"
  • 2x m5.large nodes (this instance type suits most common use-cases, and is good value for money)
  • Use official AWS EKS AMI
  • us-west-2 region
  • Dedicated VPC (check your quotas)
  • Using static AMI resolver

Example output

$ eksctl create cluster [ℹ] using region us-west-2 [ℹ] setting availability zones to [us-west-2c us-west-2a us-west-2b] [ℹ] subnets for us-west-2c - public:192.168.0.0/19 private:192.168.96.0/19 [ℹ] subnets for us-west-2a - public:192.168.32.0/19 private:192.168.128.0/19 [ℹ] subnets for us-west-2b - public:192.168.64.0/19 private:192.168.160.0/19 [ℹ] using "ami-0ce0ec06e682ee10e" for nodes [ℹ] creating EKS cluster "floral-unicorn-1540567338" in "us-west-2" region [ℹ] will create 2 separate CloudFormation stacks for cluster itself and the initial nodegroup [ℹ] if you encounter any issues, check CloudFormation console or try 'eksctl utils describe-stacks --region=us-west-2 --name=floral-unicorn-1540567338' [ℹ] creating cluster stack "eksctl-floral-unicorn-1540567338-cluster" [ℹ] creating nodegroup stack "eksctl-floral-unicorn-1540567338-nodegroup-ng-39d54824" [✔] all EKS cluster resource for "floral-unicorn-1540567338" had been created [✔] saved kubeconfig as "~/.kube/config" [ℹ] nodegroup "ng-39d54824" has 0 nodes [ℹ] waiting for at least 2 nodes to become ready [ℹ] nodegroup "ng-39d54824" has 2 nodes [ℹ] node "ip-192-168-71-20.us-west-2.compute.internal" is ready [ℹ] node "ip-192-168-25-215.us-west-2.compute.internal" is ready [ℹ] kubectl command should work with "~/.kube/config", try 'kubectl get nodes' [✔] EKS cluster "floral-unicorn-1540567338" in "us-west-2" region is ready $

Repository

https://github.com/okeeffed/developer-notes-nextjs/content/kubernetes/eks-ctl

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