Steps to setup a cluster with terraform

Linux Bash setup, tool installation and configuration installing and configuring Amazon Web Services tools

AWS CLI installation

unzip awscliv2.zip
sudo ./aws/install

optional eks cli installaition

sudo mv /tmp/eksctl /usr/local/bin

Kubectl Installation

using package manager

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https
curl -s https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y kubectl
kubectl version --client

Using curl method

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/`curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt`/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
chmod +x ./kubectl
sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
kubectl version --client

TerraForm Installation

sudo unzip ./terraform_0.11.13_linux_amd64.zip -d /usr/local/bin/
terraform -v

AWS credential setup

Login to your AWS account go to the my security credentials page under my account menu(Your name) Click Access Keys panel Create new Access key download access key file

vi ~/bashrc

add the following lines

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AKXXXXXXXXXXXX
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-west-2

Replacing the X,x with the ACCESS and SECRET from the downloaded file

AWS Config file method qanstrating named configuartions

vi ~/.aws/config

[default]
aws_access_key_id=AKXXXXXXXXXXXX
aws_secret_access_key=Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
region=us-west-2
output=json

[profile eksuser]
aws_access_key_id=AKXXXXXXXXXXXX
aws_secret_access_key=Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
region=us-east-1
output=text

AWS Document reference

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/laqa/userguide/aws-cli.pdf

qa AWS CLI Setup

aws iam get-user
{
    "User": {
        "UserId": "561246147461",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::561246147461:root",
        "CreateDate": "2016-01-19T17:46:47+00:00",
        "PasswordLastUsed": "2020-02-15T17:34:00+00:00"
    }
}

aws sts get-caller-identity
{
    "UserId": "561246147461",
    "Account": "561246147461",
    "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::561246147461:root"
}

aws eks update-kubeconfig --name qa
Added new context arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:561246147461:cluster/qa to ~/.kube/config

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