Set up an Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) cluster and on EC2 using KOPS from the command line

Kubernetes  Cluster Installation on EC2 using KOPS

1. Prerequisites

• Install the required tools:
• AWS CLI
• kubectl
• eksctl

Set up an Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) cluster

1. Prerequisites

• Install the required tools:
• AWS CLI
• kubectl
• eksctl

2. IAM Permissions: Ensure your IAM user or role has sufficient permissions or admistrator fullaccess to create and manage EKS resources.

3. AWS CLI Configuration:

aws configure

Provide your AWS Access Key, Secret Key, default region, and output format.

4. Create the EKS Cluster

Using eksctl, you can create an EKS cluster in one command. Here's an example:

eksctl create cluster --region=ap-south-1 --name=demo-cluster


5. Verify the Cluster
After creation, check if the cluster is up and running:
aws eks list-clusters

6. Verify the connection:
kubectl get svc


7. Clean Up Resources
To delete the cluster and associated resources:

eksctl delete cluster --region=ap-south-1 --name=demo-cluster