DO NOT PROCEED with this step unless you have validated the IAM role in use by the Cloud9 IDE. You will not be able to run the necessary kubectl commands in the later modules unless the EKS cluster is built using the IAM role.
How do I check the IAM role on the workspace?
Run aws sts get-caller-identity and validate that your Arn contains eksworkshop-adminand an Instance Id.
{
"Account": "123456789012",
"UserId": "AROA1SAMPLEAWSIAMROLE:i-01234567890abcdef",
"Arn": "arn:aws:sts::123456789012:assumed-role/eksworkshop-admin/i-01234567890abcdef"
}
If you do not see the correct role, please go back and validate the IAM role for troubleshooting.
If you do see the correct role, proceed to next step to create an EKS cluster.
eksctl create cluster --name=eksworkshop-eksctl --nodes=3 --managed --alb-ingress-access --region=${AWS_REGION}
Launching EKS and all the dependencies will take approximately 15 minutes