AWS CDK Typescript Simple Project for Cloud Formation of Resources Required for Kubernetes Study

The Linux Foundation

• lfx-study-aws-cdk-kubernetes
• Kubernetes Fundamentals LFS258

Instance Role for Kubernetes Control Plane and Worker Compute Instances

• IAM Role LFXCDK-SSMRoleForInstancesDefault is made by hand in the Web Console first with the following Amazon Policies:
  • AmazonEC2FullAccess
  • AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore
  • CloudWatchAgentServerPolicy
• this allows instances to be managed by the Systems Manager [SSM]

Environment Variables

• set up the appropriate AWS account credentials and configuration
• Set these environment variables

export AWS_PROFILE=aventinesolutions
export CDK_DEFAULT_PROFILE=aventinesolutions
export CDK_DEFAULT_REGION=us-west-2

CDK Workflow

• bootstrap the context based on the AWS account

npx cdk bootstrap

• deploy the two stacks (VPC and Security Groups will get created first, then the Compute Instances)

npx cdk deploy 'LFXCDK-*' 

• destroy the stacks when the course is complete

npx cdk destroy 'LFXCDK-*' 

• the IntelliJ Project includes some runtime configuration examples

Systems Manager

• the compute instances will be accessible through the Systems Manager Fleet Manager