EKS-Nginx-LoadBalancer

This project seeks to deploy a simple Nginx web server on an EKS cluster and expose it to the internet using a Load Balancer. It makes use of the following tools:

• Eksctl
• Kubectl
• AWS CLI

Prerequisites

To setup this project, you need to have the following:

• An AWS account: You can create on using the aws console here.
• Install the AWS CLI: You can follow the instructions here.
• Install eksctl: You can follow the instructions here.
• Install kubectl: You can follow the instructions here.

Setup

• Clone this repository to your local machine.

  git clone https://github.com/Aahil13/EKS-Nginx-LoadBalancer.git

• Create an EKS cluster using the command below:

  eksctl create cluster -f cluster.yaml

  

• Deploy the Nginx web server using the command below:

  kubectl apply -f NGINX-depl.yaml

• Confirm that all events were successful using the command below:

  kubectl get events

  You should see a similar response:

  

• Check the status of the deployment using the command below:

  kubectl get deployments

• Get the external IP address of the Load Balancer using the command below:

  kubectl get services

  You should see a response similar to the one below:

  

• You can visit the web server using the external IP address of the Load Balancer.

  

• Make sure to delete the cluster after you are done using the command below:

  eksctl delete cluster --name=Nginx-cluster --region=us-east-1 --wait

  

Author

This project was completed by Aahil and assigned by Francis.