Setup Kubernetes CLI for EKS

Prerequisites

1. Install Kubernetes CLI tool - kubectl. Instructions can be found here: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/

2. Install the AWS CLI. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2.html

Create AWS SSO profile

1. Run command and apply settings as below: aws configure sso

   SSO session name (Recommended): cloudservice
   SSO start URL [None]: https://iqx.awsapps.com/start#
   SSO region [None]: ap-southeast-2
   SSO registration scopes [None]: sso:account:access

2. The CLI will open a page in browser for authentication. Follow the page and Allow CLI access your account.

3. Select the account “cloudservice@iqxbusiness.com” from account list.

4. Select a role according to your need.

5. Apply following for the rest of configurations.

   CLI default client Region [None]: ap-southeast-2
   CLI default output format [None]: json 

Connect kubectl to EKS cluster

1. Create EKS context. Run the command below. You don’t need to run this command again once the context is created.

   aws eks update-kubeconfig --region ap-southeast-2 --name <your cluster name> --profile cloudservice

2. Get all kubectl contexts available.

   kubectl config get-contexts

3. Select the context for the cluster that you want to work on.

   kubectl config use-context <context name>

4. Test the connection.

   kubectl get namespace