AWS Workshops DIY — EKS Workshop — 2. Let’s Cluster with ‘eksctl’
Chapter 2— Getting EKS cluster up, running, and ready in 3 steps!
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.
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…