Ephemeral Environments on EKS for Agent Pull Requests: Step-by-Step Setup

A step-by-step tutorial explains how to connect an existing Amazon EKS cluster to Qovery and create ephemeral preview environments for pull requests generated by coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex. After meeting EKS prerequisites including Kubernetes 1.24+, cluster-admin kubectl access, Helm 3.15+, storage, load balancing, metrics-server, and outbound connectivity, users install and authenticate the Qovery CLI, run the interactive `qovery cluster install` command, review its generated Helm values file, and execute the provided Helm installation commands. They then deploy a working application stack, clone it into a blueprint configured for the base branch, and enable preview environments so each pull request receives an isolated deployment that updates on new commits and is deleted when the PR is merged or closed. Optional controls include on-demand preview creation, database seeding lifecycle jobs, and deployment rules to stop idle environments. Qovery Free supports one self-managed cluster, three users, unlimited AI agents, preview environments, and 1,000 monthly deployment minutes, although underlying EKS infrastructure costs remain the user’s responsibility.

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