EKS Kube Config

To run kubectl commands against an a EKS cluster you must first authenticate with it. kubectl manages credentials via the ~/.kube/config file. To get your credentials for a new eks cluster you will need to use the below aws-cli command.

Pre-Req

kubectl installed
aws named profile set up for the account
IAM permissions to access the EKS cluster

Command

aws eks --region eu-west-2 update-kubeconfig --name <EKS-CLUSTERNAME> --profile <AWS-PROFILE-NAME>

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