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 🚀How to set up Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service)🚀

➡️Create an hashtag#AWS Account: If you don't already have one, set up an AWS account.

➡️Install Required Tools:

AWS hashtag#CLI: Install and configure the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) on your local machine.

hashtag#kubectl: Install kubectl, the Kubernetes command-line tool, for managing Kubernetes clusters.

hashtag#eksctl: Install eksctl, a command-line tool specifically designed to create and manage EKS clusters.

➡️Configure AWS CLI: Set up your AWS credentials (access key and secret key) using aws configure.

➡️Create an EKS Cluster:

Use eksctl to create an hashtag#EKS cluster with a single command. Example:

eksctl create cluster --name my-cluster --region us-west-2 --nodegroup-name standard-workers --node-type t2.medium --nodes 3 --nodes-min 1 --nodes-max 4 --managed

This creates a managed Kubernetes cluster with 3 nodes.

➡️Configure kubectl: Once the cluster is created, use the following command to configure kubectl to use your new EKS cluster:

aws eks --region region update-kubeconfig --name my-cluster

➡️Verify Cluster: Run the following command to verify that your kubectl is properly configured and can access the cluster:

kubectl get nodes

➡️Deploy Applications: You can now deploy applications using Kubernetes manifests or Helm charts.

➡️Manage the Cluster: Use kubectl to manage deployments, services, and resources, or you can use the AWS Management Console for a GUI.

Optional:

Set up IAM Roles & Policies: Manage access and permissions with AWS IAM roles and policies for both users and service accounts.

Auto-Scaling: Configure the EKS cluster to scale nodes based on demand using Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler or Cluster Autoscal