Amazon EKS Cluster Configure node group

Here we have our cluster in AEKS

clusters name ( test-cluster)

click on cluster name

compute to add nodes

click on compute

add a node group

scroll down add node group

Step 1: - Configure node group

Node group configuration

Step 2:- set compute and scaling configuration

node group compute configuration

Step 3: - Specify networking

I will go with the default setting.

Step 4:- Review and Create

Scroll down Click on Create.

It will start the creation

Finally, it created EKS Cluster

on master node check below commands and execute if required.

ubuntu@ip-172-31-34-141:~$ kubectl
Command 'kubectl' not found, but can be installed with:

ubuntu@ip-172-31-34-141:~$ sudo snap install kubectl --classic
kubectl 1.27.3 from Canonical✓ installed


ubuntu@ip-172-31-34-141:~$ aws eks update-kubeconfig --region ap-south-1 --name test-cluster
Command 'aws' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo snap install aws-cli  # version 1.15.58, or
sudo apt  install awscli   # version 1.22.34-1

ubuntu@ip-172-31-34-141:~$ sudo snap install aws-cli   --classic
aws-cli (v2/stable) 2.13.0 from Amazon Web Services (aws✓) installed

ubuntu@ip-172-31-34-141:~$ aws configure
AWS Access Key ID [None]: ***
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: ** 
Default region name [None]: ***
Default output format [None]:


ubuntu@ip-172-31-44-226:~/.kube$ aws eks update-kubeconfig --region ap-south-1 --name test-cluster

ubuntu@ip-172-31-34-141:~$ aws eks update-kubeconfig --region ap-south-1 --name test-cluster
Added new context arn:aws:eks:ap-south-1:***:cluster/test-cluster to /home/ubuntu/.kube/config

Enable kubectl to communicate with your cluster by adding a new context to the kubectl config file.

ubuntu@ip-172-31-44-226:~/.kube$ kubectl get nodes

NAME                                           STATUS   ROLES    AGE     VERSION
ip-172-31-42-182.ap-south-1.compute.internal   Ready    <none>   7m15s   v1.27.1-eks-2f008fe
ip-172-31-9-75.ap-south-1.compute.internal     Ready    <none>   7m25s   v1.27.1-eks-2f008fe

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