Getting Started with EKS

Overview

This section covers everything you need to go from zero to running your first workload on Amazon EKS.

Topics

Tools & Prerequisites

• eksctl - Cluster creation and management CLI
• kubectl - Kubernetes CLI
• AWS CLI v2
• IAM permissions for EKS

Cluster Creation

• Creating clusters with eksctl
• Creating clusters with Terraform
• Creating clusters via AWS Console
• VPC and networking considerations

Deploying Your First Application

• Sample application deployment
• Exposing applications via Load Balancer
• Ingress configuration
• Basic troubleshooting

References

• EKS Workshop - Getting Started
• AWS EKS Getting Started