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Swapnil Suresh Mohite
Swapnil Suresh Mohite

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Create and Deploy AWS EKS Cluster with Terraform.

đź“Ś A managed container service for running and scaling Kubernetes applications on-premises or in the cloud is Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service).

đź“ŚWith the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool HashiCorp Terraform, you can specify on-premises and cloud resources in human-readable configuration files that you can share, reuse, and version.

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❇Install AWS CLI: Begin by installing the AWS CLI to seamlessly connect Terraform with AWS. Follow the simple steps outlined in the AWS CLI Installation Guide.

❇Install Terraform: Install Terraform using the provided link in the Terraform Installation Guide.

❇Connect Terraform with AWS: Easily link Terraform with AWS by executing the aws configure command and inputting your AWS Security credentials.

❇Initialize Terraform: Clone the repository and initialize Terraform by running terraform init. This step sets up the Terraform environment, downloading necessary modules, providers, and configurations.

❇Review Configuration (Optional): For clarity, you can run terraform plan to preview the configuration before execution.

❇Apply Terraform Configuration: Finally, apply the Terraform configuration to create the EKS cluster within the VPC by executing terraform apply. This straightforward process simplifies the creation of your EKS infrastructure on AWS.

âš Cleanupâš 

terraform destroy: command is a convenient way to destroy all remote objects managed by a particular Terraform configuration.

*🏷 Happy Learning!!! *

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