Creating an EKS cluster with eksctl

Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) is a managed Kubernetes service that simplifies the deployment and management of Kubernetes clusters on AWS by automating the setup of the control plane and worker nodes, which previously required manual configuration of numerous AWS resources. The blog post by Matthew Casperson discusses how to use the command-line tool eksctl to streamline the creation and management of EKS clusters and integrates this process with Octopus Deploy. It details the steps needed to prepare the Octopus server and library, manage AWS credentials, and dynamically create infrastructure for Kubernetes targets. The post provides a script example that automates the creation of an EKS cluster and an Octopus Kubernetes target, demonstrating how to leverage referenced packages like eksctl and PowerShell modules from the PowerShell Gallery to enhance deployment processes. The approach highlights the benefits of using automation tools to reduce complexity and improve efficiency in managing Kubernetes environments on AWS.