Kubernetes with KOPS on AWS - Clusters

Kubernetes is an open-source platform for managing cloud workloads , security and comfort of the Cloud infrastructure with the powerful container deployment, management and scaling capabilities .

It is very easy to use and maintain the Kubernetes clusters using kops.

Here, we are going to describe how to use kops to install & manage the Kubernetes Cluster on AWS.

Installation & Configuration

Install kops :-

Go to the ec2 instance > launch the ec2 instance > ssh into the ec2 instance
curl -Lo kops https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/releases/download/$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes/kops/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f
4)/kops-linux-amd64

sudo chmod +x ./kops
sudo mv ./kops /usr/local/bin/

Install kubectl :-

curl -Lo kubectl https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
sudo chmod +x ./kubectl

sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl

Setup am IAM user called kops(programmatic user) and grp called kops > give him required access such as like ec2,s3 and VPC.

Login into ec2 instance again :

aws configure

Enter the access key and enter secret access key , enter the region which you using
Setup env variable

Know More: https://medium.com/@sanjay.chauhan164/https-medium-com-sanjay-chauhan164-kubernetes-with-kops-on-aws-20debcf3e1db
Know More: https://medium.com/@sanjay.chauhan164/https-medium-com-sanjay-chauhan164-kubernetes-with-kops-on-aws-20debcf3e1db