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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Anywhere on Dell PowerFlex
Introduction Dell PowerFlex product overview Solution architecture Installing an Amazon EKS Anywhere cluster on Dell PowerFlex Creating an Amazon EKS Anywhere cluster
Overview
Cluster creation
Validating the cluster deployment Installing the PowerFlex CSI driver Deployment tests and validation Conclusion Configuration details References

Cluster creation

Cluster creation

    1. Edit the $CLUSTER_NAME.yaml file to enter the values for your environment.

       Cluster names must start with an upper or lowercase letter and can contain only letters, numbers, or dashes, as shown in the following example:

    # Name your cluster or use this for a random name

    export CLUSTER_NAME="${USER}-${RANDOM}"

    eks-a generate clusterconfig $CLUSTER_NAME -p vsphere > $CLUSTER_NAME.yaml

    See the following sample YAML file:

    apiVersion: anywhere.eks.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1

    kind: Cluster

    metadata:

      name: eksadmin-52112

    spec:

      clusterNetwork:

        cni: cilium

        pods:

          cidrBlocks:

          - 192.168.0.0/16

        services:

          cidrBlocks:

          - 10.96.0.0/12

      controlPlaneConfiguration:

        count: 2

        endpoint:

          host: "192.168.151.60"

        machineGroupRef:

          kind: VSphereMachineConfig

          name: eksadmin-52112-cp

      datacenterRef:

        kind: VSphereDatacenterConfig

        name: eksadmin-52112

      externalEtcdConfiguration:

        count: 3

        machineGroupRef:

          kind: VSphereMachineConfig

          name: eksadmin-21555-etcd

      kubernetesVersion: "1.20"

      workerNodeGroupConfigurations:

      - count: 2

        machineGroupRef:

          kind: VSphereMachineConfig

          name: eksadmin-52112

    ---

    apiVersion: anywhere.eks.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1

    kind: VSphereDatacenterConfig

    metadata:

      name: eksadmin-52112

    spec:

      datacenter: "PowerFlex"

      insecure: false

      network: "PowerFlex Data1"

      server: "192.168.151.34"

      thumbprint: "5C:65:FB:1E:A5:DE:53:98:3E:C1:56:5C:FC:D5:10:FA:8D:04:00:3B"

     

    ---

    apiVersion: anywhere.eks.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1

    kind: VSphereMachineConfig

    metadata:

      name: eksadmin-52112-cp

    spec:

      datastore: "EKS_Datastore"

      diskGiB: 25

      folder: "EKS-Cluster"

      memoryMiB: 8192

      numCPUs: 2

      osFamily: ubuntu

      resourcePool: "*/Resources"

      users:

      - name: ec2-user

        sshAuthorizedKeys:

        - ssh-rsa AAAAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

    ---

    apiVersion: anywhere.eks.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1

    kind: VSphereMachineConfig

    metadata:

      name: eksadmin-52112

    spec:

      datastore: "EKS_Datastore"

      diskGiB: 25

      folder: "EKS-Cluster"

      memoryMiB: 8192

      numCPUs: 2

      osFamily: ubuntu

      resourcePool: "*/Resources"

      users:

      - name: ec2-user

        sshAuthorizedKeys:

        - ssh-rsa AAAAxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

     

    ---

    apiVersion: anywhere.eks.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1

    kind: VSphereMachineConfig

    metadata:

      name: eksadmin-52112-etcd

    spec:

      datastore: "EKS_Datastore"

      diskGiB: 25

      folder: "EKS-Cluster"

      memoryMiB: 8192

      numCPUs: 2

      osFamily: ubuntu

      resourcePool: "*/Resources"

      users:

      - name: ec2-user

        sshAuthorizedKeys:

        - ssh-rsa AAAAxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    ---

    1. After you run the YAML file, apply your configuration with EKS A to create the cluster. This process takes about 20 minutes to complete depending on your environment.
    2. Run the following command to set the environment variables:

    # Get USERNAME and PASSWORD from your vSphere admin

    export VSPHERE_USERNAME= administrator@eksa.vsphere.local

    export VSPHERE_PASSWORD=*********

    1. Run the following command to start the deployment on the admin VM:

             eksctl anywhere create cluster -f eksadmin-52112.yaml 

             The following figure shows the cluster creation:

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    Figure 16.    Cluster creation

    1. After the deployment of the Amazon EKS Anywhere cluster, verify the cluster status by running the following command:

    Kubectl get po -A -l control-plane=controller-manger

             The following figure shows the cluster status:

    Figure 17.    Verify the EKS Anywhere cluster status