AWS - EKS: Introduce

There are some courses to learn:

1. Kubernetes: https://youtu.be/X48VuDVv0do

2. Udemy courses:

• Kubernetes for Beginners: Google Cloud, AWS & Azure

• AWS EKS Kubernetes-Masterclass | DevOps, Microservices

You can create a EKS Cluster but cannot create NodeGroup (EC2) with a free account, even in short, no free-tier for EKS. Refer these links to know more:

• https://github.com/stacksimplify/aws-eks-kubernetes-masterclass/tree/master/01-EKS-Create-Cluster-using-eksctl/01-03-EKSCluster-Pricing

• https://github.com/in28minutes/kubernetes-crash-course/blob/master/instructions-aws-and-azure.md

Highlights

• RECOMMENDED APPROACH - First Learn with minikube on local or GCP.

• 99% of things with Kubernetes remain the same in AWS, GCP and Azure.

• ISTIO and HELM would be the same in all clouds

• Compare Container Technologies.

Fargate Consideration: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/fargate.html

Practice link:

https://github.com/stacksimplify/aws-eks-kubernetes-masterclass

https://github.com/stacksimplify/docker-fundamentals

https://github.com/stacksimplify/kubernetes-fundamentals

Slide link: https://github.com/stacksimplify/aws-eks-kubernetes-masterclass/tree/master/presentation

1. EKS Core Object

1.1) Virtual Private Cloud

2. How does EKS work:

3. Provision an EKS Cluster

$> eksctl create cluster --name=devclst --region=us-east-1 --zones=us-east-1a,us-east-1b --without-nodegroup

Acronym:

• EKS: Elastic Kubernete Service

• AMI: Amazon Machine Image

• IAM: Identity Access management

• OIDC: OpenID connect

• ACL: Access Control List

• EBS : Elastic Block Store

Reference links:

• https://www.rackspace.com/blog/aws-201-understanding-the-default-virtual-private-cloud

• https://www.devopsschool.com/blog/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service-amazon-eks-architecture-explained-with-diagram/