Deploying to Amazon EKS with Docker and Jenkins

The blog post by Terence Wong provides a detailed guide on using Jenkins to build a Docker image, publish it to Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), and deploy the image to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). Jenkins, a continuous integration tool, automates the building and deployment of code repositories through configuration files specified in a Jenkinsfile, while Kubernetes clusters manage workload applications using YAML configuration files. The workflow outlined in the post demonstrates the reusability of configuration files across different environments, with specific instructions on setting up AWS components such as access keys and ECR repositories. Although Jenkins can be used for continuous deployment, the post suggests Octopus Deploy for managing complex release stages. Additionally, the post includes practical steps to view the deployed web application via local port forwarding and concludes by encouraging further exploration of Jenkins, Kubernetes, and Octopus Deploy for deployment tasks.