eksctl

Create EKS cluster

$ eksctl create cluster --name [cluster_name]

$ eksctl create cluster --name [name] --nodes [3] --node-type [t3.medium]

$ eksctl get clusters

$ eksctl delete cluster --name [cluster_name]

$ eksctl create nodegroup --cluster [name] --name [ng-name]

$ eksctl scale nodegroup --cluster [name] --name [ng-name] --nodes [5]

$ eksctl utils write-kubeconfig --cluster [name]

eksctl command [options]

eksctl is the official CLI for Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service). It simplifies creating, managing, and deleting EKS clusters and their associated resources.
The tool handles the complex AWS infrastructure setup including VPCs, subnets, security groups, and IAM roles. Clusters can be defined declaratively with YAML configurations.
eksctl supports advanced features like managed node groups, Fargate profiles, and cluster upgrades.

COMMAND

Operation: create, get, delete, scale, upgrade, etc.

Create new EKS cluster.

Number of worker nodes.

EC2 instance type for nodes.

AWS region.

Delete cluster.

List clusters.

Display help information.

AWS credentials required. Cluster creation takes time. Incurs AWS charges. Some operations require specific IAM permissions.

eksctl was created by Weaveworks in partnership with AWS, released in 2018 to simplify EKS cluster management. It became the official CLI tool for EKS.

kubectl(1), aws(1), helm(1)