eksctl

The official CLI for Amazon EKS.

Create a basic cluster

$ eksctl create cluster

List the details about a cluster or all of the clusters

$ eksctl get cluster --name=[name] --region=[region]

Create a cluster passing all configuration information in a file

$ eksctl create cluster --config-file=[path/to/file]

Create a cluster using a configuration file and skip creating nodegroups until later

$ eksctl create cluster --config-file=<path> --without-nodegroup

Delete a cluster

$ eksctl delete cluster --name=[name] --region=[region]

Create cluster and write cluster credentials to a file other than the default

$ eksctl create cluster --name=[name] --nodes=[4] --kubeconfig=[path/to/config.yaml]

Create a cluster and prevent storing cluster credentials locally

$ eksctl create cluster --name=[name] --nodes=[4] --write-kubeconfig=false

Create a cluster and let eksctl manage cluster credentials under the ~/.kube/eksctl/clusters directory

$ eksctl create cluster --name=[name] --nodes=[4] --auto-kubeconfig