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Kubernetes Cluster on AWS using Kops running on Docker Desktop - QuickStart Guide

Pre-requisites:

  • Install Docker Desktop
  • Install AWS CLI using Homebrew
  • Create an AWS Account if you are first time user.
  • Run the below command to install kops on your macOS. 
brew update && brew install kops
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Adding Access & Secret Key 

aws configure
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This will store your credential under ~/.aws/credentials

bucket_name=collabstore
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Create a AWS Bucket 

[Captains-Bay]🚩 >  baws s3api create-bucket --bucket ${bucket_name} --region us-east-1
{
    "Location": "/collabstore"
}
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Configure 

aws s3api put-bucket-versioning --bucket ${bucket_name} --versioning-configuration Status=Enabled
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Configure DNS Name 

 aws route53 create-hosted-zone --name collabnix.com --caller-reference 2
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export KOPS_CLUSTER_NAME=ajeet.k8s.local
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Export Cluster Name 

export KOPS_CLUSTER_NAME=ajeet.k8s.local
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Exporting Kops State Store 

[Captains-Bay]🚩 >  export KOPS_STATE_STORE=s3://${bucket_name}
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[Captains-Bay]🚩 >  kops create cluster \
> --node-count=2 \
> --node-size=t2.medium \
> --zones=us-east-1a \
> --name=${KOPS_CLUSTER_NAME}
...

Must specify --yes to apply changes

Cluster configuration has been created.

Suggestions:
 * list clusters with: kops get cluster
 * edit this cluster with: kops edit cluster k8.aws.dev.collabnix.com
 * edit your node instance group: kops edit ig --name=ajeet.k8s.local nodes
 * edit your master instance group: kops edit ig --name=ajeet.k8s.local master-us-east-1a

Finally configure your cluster with: kops update cluster ajeet.k8s.local --yes

[Captains-Bay]🚩 >
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[Captains-Bay]🚩 >  kops get cluster
NAME        CLOUD   ZONES
ajeet.k8s.local aws us-east-1a
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Deploy Kubernetes 

kops update cluster --name ${KOPS_CLUSTER_NAME} --yes
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kops get cluster
NAME                CLOUD   ZONES
ajeet.k8s.local aws us-east-1a
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[Captains-Bay]🚩 >  kops update cluster --name ${KOPS_CLUSTER_NAME} --yes
I0531 07:01:41.613598    1366 apply_cluster.go:456] Gossip DNS: skipping DNS validation
I0531 07:01:44.786395    1366 executor.go:91] Tasks: 0 done / 77 total; 30 can run
I0531 07:01:46.893202    1366 executor.go:91] Tasks: 30 done / 77 total; 24 can run
I0531 07:01:49.007022    1366 executor.go:91] Tasks: 54 done / 77 total; 19 can run
I0531 07:01:51.649219    1366 executor.go:91] Tasks: 73 done / 77 total; 3 can run
I0531 07:01:53.079596    1366 executor.go:91] Tasks: 76 done / 77 total; 1 can run
I0531 07:01:53.440746    1366 executor.go:91] Tasks: 77 done / 77 total; 0 can run
I0531 07:01:54.102339    1366 update_cluster.go:291] Exporting kubecfg for cluster
kops has set your kubectl context to ajeet.k8s.local

Cluster changes have been applied to the cloud.


Changes may require instances to restart: kops rolling-update cluster

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Now you can see K8s cluster under Context UI.

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