1. Install kubectl for Amazon EKS
Follow Kubernetes Documentation to install Kubectl
MacOS
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl
chmod +x ./kubectl
sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
kubectl version
Linux
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
chmod +x ./kubectl
sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
2. Install the Latest AWS CLI
You will need version 1..16.156 or greater for working with kubectl for Amazon EKS
Prerequisites
Python v3 installed and the pip commands shown use the pip3 version.
Install AWS CLI using pip
pip3 install awscli --upgrade --user
Update $PATH (Add export PATH=/home/redux/.local/bin/:$PATH in bashrc)
Install Using the Bundled Installer
curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cli/awscli-bundle.zip" -o "awscli-bundle.zip"
unzip awscli-bundle.zip
sudo ./awscli-bundle/install -i /usr/local/aws -b /usr/local/bin/aws
3. Configure AWS CLI
Get Access Key and Secret Access Key for Production EKS Cluster user and configure aws cli by running
aws configure
4. Configure IAM Authenticator
Amazon EKS uses IAM to provide authentication to your Kubernetes cluster through the AWS IAM Authenticator for Kubernetes.
MacOS
curl -o aws-iam-authenticator https://amazon-eks.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1.12.7/2019-03-27/bin/darwin/amd64/aws-iam-authenticator
chmod +x ./aws-iam-authenticator
mkdir -p $HOME/bin && cp ./aws-iam-authenticator $HOME/bin/aws-iam-authenticator && export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
Linux
curl -o aws-iam-authenticator https://amazon-eks.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1.12.7/2019-03-27/bin/linux/amd64/aws-iam-authenticator
chmod +x ./aws-iam-authenticator
mkdir -p $HOME/bin && cp ./aws-iam-authenticator $HOME/bin/aws-iam-authenticator && export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
5. Create kubeconfig file
aws eks --region region update-kubeconfig --name cluster_name
6. Testing configuration
kubectl get svc