Tools for setting up the Kubernetes cluster

This section describes the tools needed to set up a Kubernetes cluster.

Install Minikube (for local development)

Minikube is a Kubernetes implementation that creates a virtual machine on a local machine and deploys a cluster containing a single node.

To install Minikube for local development, follow the installation instructions in the local development tutorial.

Start Minikube

To start Minikube, enter this command:

minikube start 

Minikube Dashboard

To see the components that are created when Minikube is installed, enter this command:

minikube dashboard 

Install Amazon Web Services Elastic Kubernetes Service (for production)

Amazon Web Services Elastic Kubernetes Service, or EKS, is a managed Kubernetes platform provided by Amazon Web Services. The eksctl tool is a simple way to bring up a Kubernetes cluster.

Install eksctl

To install eksctl, follow the installation instructions at Install eksctl.

Use eksctl to provision a Kubernetes cluster on EKS

The following eksctl code can be used to create a Kubernetes cluster in EKS. Replace the items in capital letters with the correct values for your configuration.

eksctl create cluster \
  --name CLUSTER_NAME \
  --version KUBERNETES_VERSION \
  --region REGION \
  --nodegroup-name NODEGROUP_NAME \
  --node-type NODE_TYPE \
  --nodes NUMBER_OF_NODES

Parameters