eks-kubctl

The purpose of the eks-kubectl repo is to create a docker container for kubctl to manage k8s clusters in EKS for multiple environments.

Documentation References

Amazon Install kubectl documentation

Amazon Install eksctl documentation

Amazon Install AWS CLI documentation

Build Docker Images

1. Navigate to the amd64 or arm64 directory according to your CPU architecture.

   cd $(uname -m)
   

2. Use the following docker command to build the eks docker container

   docker build -t aws-kubectl:latest .
   

3. Use the following docker command to run the eks docker container.

   docker run --rm -it -v ~/.aws:/root/.aws aws-kubectl:latest bash
   

4. Configure aws cli. Enter your Access key ID and Secret Access Key

   aws configure
   

   Sample:

   root@9773b5acae26:/# aws configure
   AWS Access Key ID [****************7DV5]: 
   AWS Secret Access Key [****************izi3]: 
   Default region name [us-east-2]: 
   Default output format [json]: 
   

5. Update k8s config

   aws eks update-kubeconfig --name ClusterName
   

6. Run kubectl commands

   kubectl get pods --all-namespaces