Connect kubectl to an EKS cluster by creating a kubeconfig file

Question

I’m connecting kubectl to my Amazon EKS cluster, but I’m confused about how the Kubeconfig file works. Could you guide me through creating and setting it up?

Answer 1

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following:

• Make sure your current AWS CLI version is 2.12.3 or version 1.27.160. So check your current version.

                    

• Install the kubectl command-line tool on your device or AWS CloudShell. Its version must match your cluster's Kubernetes version or be one minor version earlier or later.

• An IAM user or role with permission to use the eks: DescribeCluster API action for the specified cluster.

Here are the steps to Create or Update kubeconfig:

• Find the name of your EKS cluster and the AWS Region where it is located.

• Execute the following command to create or update your kubeconfig file in AWS CLI Command:

                   

                Replace <region-code> with the AWS Region of your cluster and <my-cluster> with your cluster's name.

• The default configuration file is saved at ~/.kube/config. To use a different path, specify with --kubeconfig.

• To use a specific IAM role for authentication, add --role-arn. If not specified, the default AWS CLI credentials are used. Check your current identity by running this:

                        

• For all available options and further details, run.

              

• Test your configuration by running:

                

• If successful, you'll see output like this:

                

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