EKS — Complete Guide
EKS — Complete Guide: free step-by-step lesson with examples, common mistakes, and interview tips — part of AWS Cloud Tutorial on Toolliyo Academy.
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AWS Cloud Tutorial · Lesson 28 of 100
EKS
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What is this?
Amazon EKS is managed Kubernetes. AWS runs the control plane; you manage worker nodes (EC2, Fargate) and Kubernetes objects.
Why should you care?
AwsVerse platform team standardizes on EKS for multi-tenant SaaS needing Helm, operators, and CNCF tooling.
See it live — copy this example
Run in AWS CloudShell / local AWS CLI v2, or follow the matching steps in the AWS Console (Free Tier).
aws eks create-cluster \
--name awsverse-prod \
--role-arn arn:aws:iam::123:role/eks-cluster-role \
--resources-vpc-config subnetIds=subnet-1a,subnet-1b,endpointPublicAccess=false,endpointPrivateAccess=trueWhat happened?
- Creates a private-endpoint EKS cluster across two subnets.
- Add node groups or Fargate profiles after cluster becomes ACTIVE.
Practice next
- Install eksctl or use console cluster creation.
- Configure kubectl: aws eks update-kubeconfig --name awsverse-prod.
- Deploy sample nginx Deployment.
- Enable control plane logging to CloudWatch.
- Create managed node group with t3.medium.
Remember
EKS = managed Kubernetes. Private API endpoint for prod. Use IRSA for pod IAM roles.
AwsVerse k8s platform
SaaS needs Helm charts and service mesh.
Outcome: EKS hosts 40 namespaces with IRSA per tenant workload.
Interview prep for this lesson
Practice these questions aloud after reading—each links to a full structured answer.
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