How to configure local kubectl to connect to kubernetes EKS cluster

Question

I am very new at kubernetes.

I have created a cluster setup at AWS EKS

Now I want to configure kubectl at a local ubuntu server so that I can connect at AWS EKS cluster.

Need to understand the process. [ If at all it is possible ]

Laggard

Answer 1

aws cli is used to create Kubernetes config (normally ~/.kube/config).

See details by: aws eks update-kubeconfig help

Unholy

Answer 2

You can follow this guide. You need to do following steps.

1.Installing kubectl

2.Installing aws-iam-authenticator

3.Create a kubeconfig for Amazon EKS

4.Managing Users or IAM Roles for your Cluster

Also take a look at configuring kubeconfig using AWS CLI here

Cripps

Thanks a lot .. missed the documentation .. done now – Laggard

Answer 3

You can use aws eks update-kubeconfig command. However, you may need to update mapUsers on configMap/aws-auth for mapping userarn and Kubernetes roles.

kubectl edit -n kube-system configmap/aws-auth

aws eks update-kubeconfig --name <Clustername> --region=us-central-1 --profile <aws profile>

Lenee