Configure the EKS cluster

In this step, we will configure our EKS cluster.

Create Access entry to connect to EKS cluster

  1. Go to EKS management console.
  • Click on Clusters.
  • Choose labEKSCluster01. Connect
  1. At labEKSCluster01 page.
  • Click Access tab.
  • Click Create access entry. Connect
  1. At step 1: Configure IAM access entry.
  • Change arn:aws:iam::017820706022:user/chaunguyen-admin to your IAM user used to connect to the EKS cluster. Connect
  • Scroll down and click Next.
  1. At step 2: Add access policy.
  • Choose AmazonEKSClusterAdminPolicy at Policy name field.
  • Click Add policy.
  • Click Next. Connect
  1. At step 3: Review and create.
  • Leave as default and click Create. Connect

Configure the EKS cluster

  1. Open your terminal.
      ssh ubuntu@18.206.88.146 -i ~/.ssh/labBastionHostSSHKey01.pem
  • Change the 18.206.88.146 to your EC2’s Public IP address.
  • Change the ~/.ssh/labBastionHostSSHKey01.pem to the path of the Key pair you downloaded when creating your EC2 instance.
  • After successful login to your EC2, switch to sudo user with sudo su.
  1. Connect to your EKS cluster.
  • aws eks update-kubeconfig --region <region-code> --name <my-cluster> . + Change to your Region code. + Change to your EKS cluster name. root@ip-10-0-1-234:~# aws eks update-kubeconfig --region us-east-1 --name labEKSCluster01 Added new context arn:aws:eks:us-east-1:017820706022:cluster/labEKSCluster01 to /root/.kube/config
  • Check if the connection success.
    root@ip-10-0-1-234:~# kubectl get nodes
NAME                          STATUS   ROLES    AGE   VERSION
ip-10-0-11-248.ec2.internal   Ready    <none>   44h   v1.30.2-eks-1552ad0
ip-10-0-12-93.ec2.internal    Ready    <none>   44h   v1.30.2-eks-1552ad0