Dijeesh Padinharethil Jun 23, 2019 2019-06-23T08:30:00+05:30
May 9, 2021 2021-05-09T16:31:41+05:30 1 min
1. Install kubectl for Amazon EKS
Follow Kubernetes Documentation to install Kubectl
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| curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl
chmod +x ./kubectl
sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
kubectl version
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| curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(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
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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
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| pip3 install awscli --upgrade --user
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Update $PATH (Add export PATH=/home/redux/.local/bin/:$PATH in bashrc)
Install Using the Bundled Installer
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| 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
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Get Access Key and Secret Access Key for Production EKS Cluster user and configure aws cli by running
Amazon EKS uses IAM to provide authentication to your Kubernetes cluster through the AWS IAM Authenticator for Kubernetes.
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| 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
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| 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
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5. Create kubeconfig file
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| aws eks --region region update-kubeconfig --name cluster_name
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6. Testing configuration
