AWS Workshops DIY — EKS Workshop — 2. Let’s Cluster with ‘eksctl’

Chapter 2— Getting EKS cluster up, running, and ready in 3 steps!

https://www.eksworkshop.com/docs/introduction/setup/your-account/using-eksctl

A good place to start after going through the AWS Workshops DIY — EKS Workshop — 1. Introduction and Scope Review chapter is to familiarize with the Introduction page below. It shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to read, plus watching the video is helpful to catch up on the basics of EKS design and workings. As a side tip, if you have the Video Speed Controller extension installed, speed up the video to save time as always.

Introduction | EKS Workshop

Then we’ll jump straight to the In Your AWS Account setup page and dive into hands-on action. This whole chapter can be easily wrapped up in 3 steps, 4 including the cleanup step, ending with a fully functional EKS cluster created using the eksctl tool, ready to host applications and workloads in the future.

NOTE: For visual screenshots throughout the hands-on activities, please refer to the workshop pages since they’re well represented and logically laid out. I am going to focus on the…