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eks_create_cluster R Documentation

Creates an Amazon EKS control plane

Description

Creates an Amazon EKS control plane.

The Amazon EKS control plane consists of control plane instances that run the Kubernetes software, such as etcd and the API server. The control plane runs in an account managed by Amazon Web Services, and the Kubernetes API is exposed by the Amazon EKS API server endpoint. Each Amazon EKS cluster control plane is single tenant and unique. It runs on its own set of Amazon EC2 instances.

The cluster control plane is provisioned across multiple Availability Zones and fronted by an Elastic Load Balancing Network Load Balancer. Amazon EKS also provisions elastic network interfaces in your VPC subnets to provide connectivity from the control plane instances to the nodes (for example, to support ⁠kubectl exec⁠, logs, and proxy data flows).

Amazon EKS nodes run in your Amazon Web Services account and connect to your cluster's control plane over the Kubernetes API server endpoint and a certificate file that is created for your cluster.

You can use the endpointPublicAccess and endpointPrivateAccess parameters to enable or disable public and private access to your cluster's Kubernetes API server endpoint. By default, public access is enabled, and private access is disabled. For more information, see Amazon EKS Cluster Endpoint Access Control in the Amazon EKS User Guide .

You can use the logging parameter to enable or disable exporting the Kubernetes control plane logs for your cluster to CloudWatch Logs. By default, cluster control plane logs aren't exported to CloudWatch Logs. For more information, see Amazon EKS Cluster Control Plane Logs in the Amazon EKS User Guide .

CloudWatch Logs ingestion, archive storage, and data scanning rates apply to exported control plane logs. For more information, see CloudWatch Pricing.

In most cases, it takes several minutes to create a cluster. After you create an Amazon EKS cluster, you must configure your Kubernetes tooling to communicate with the API server and launch nodes into your cluster. For more information, see Allowing users to access your cluster and Launching Amazon EKS nodes in the Amazon EKS User Guide.

Usage

eks_create_cluster(name, version, roleArn, resourcesVpcConfig,
  kubernetesNetworkConfig, logging, clientRequestToken, tags,
  encryptionConfig, outpostConfig, accessConfig,
  bootstrapSelfManagedAddons, upgradePolicy, zonalShiftConfig,
  remoteNetworkConfig, computeConfig, storageConfig)

Arguments

name

[required] The unique name to give to your cluster. The name can contain only alphanumeric characters (case-sensitive), hyphens, and underscores. It must start with an alphanumeric character and can't be longer than 100 characters. The name must be unique within the Amazon Web Services Region and Amazon Web Services account that you're creating the cluster in.

version

The desired Kubernetes version for your cluster. If you don't specify a value here, the default version available in Amazon EKS is used.

The default version might not be the latest version available.

roleArn

[required] The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role that provides permissions for the Kubernetes control plane to make calls to Amazon Web Services API operations on your behalf. For more information, see Amazon EKS Service IAM Role in the Amazon EKS User Guide .

resourcesVpcConfig

[required] The VPC configuration that's used by the cluster control plane. Amazon EKS VPC resources have specific requirements to work properly with Kubernetes. For more information, see Cluster VPC Considerations and Cluster Security Group Considerations in the Amazon EKS User Guide. You must specify at least two subnets. You can specify up to five security groups. However, we recommend that you use a dedicated security group for your cluster control plane.

kubernetesNetworkConfig

The Kubernetes network configuration for the cluster.

logging

Enable or disable exporting the Kubernetes control plane logs for your cluster to CloudWatch Logs. By default, cluster control plane logs aren't exported to CloudWatch Logs. For more information, see Amazon EKS Cluster control plane logs in the Amazon EKS User Guide .

CloudWatch Logs ingestion, archive storage, and data scanning rates apply to exported control plane logs. For more information, see CloudWatch Pricing.

clientRequestToken

A unique, case-sensitive identifier that you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request.

tags

Metadata that assists with categorization and organization. Each tag consists of a key and an optional value. You define both. Tags don't propagate to any other cluster or Amazon Web Services resources.

encryptionConfig

The encryption configuration for the cluster.

outpostConfig

An object representing the configuration of your local Amazon EKS cluster on an Amazon Web Services Outpost. Before creating a local cluster on an Outpost, review Local clusters for Amazon EKS on Amazon Web Services Outposts in the Amazon EKS User Guide. This object isn't available for creating Amazon EKS clusters on the Amazon Web Services cloud.

accessConfig

The access configuration for the cluster.

bootstrapSelfManagedAddons

If you set this value to False when creating a cluster, the default networking add-ons will not be installed.

The default networking addons include vpc-cni, coredns, and kube-proxy.

Use this option when you plan to install third-party alternative add-ons or self-manage the default networking add-ons.

upgradePolicy

New clusters, by default, have extended support enabled. You can disable extended support when creating a cluster by setting this value to STANDARD.

zonalShiftConfig

Enable or disable ARC zonal shift for the cluster. If zonal shift is enabled, Amazon Web Services configures zonal autoshift for the cluster.

Zonal shift is a feature of Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC). ARC zonal shift is designed to be a temporary measure that allows you to move traffic for a resource away from an impaired AZ until the zonal shift expires or you cancel it. You can extend the zonal shift if necessary.

You can start a zonal shift for an EKS cluster, or you can allow Amazon Web Services to do it for you by enabling zonal autoshift. This shift updates the flow of east-to-west network traffic in your cluster to only consider network endpoints for Pods running on worker nodes in healthy AZs. Additionally, any ALB or NLB handling ingress traffic for applications in your EKS cluster will automatically route traffic to targets in the healthy AZs. For more information about zonal shift in EKS, see Learn about Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) Zonal Shift in Amazon EKS in the Amazon EKS User Guide .

remoteNetworkConfig

The configuration in the cluster for EKS Hybrid Nodes. You can't change or update this configuration after the cluster is created.

computeConfig

Enable or disable the compute capability of EKS Auto Mode when creating your EKS Auto Mode cluster. If the compute capability is enabled, EKS Auto Mode will create and delete EC2 Managed Instances in your Amazon Web Services account

storageConfig

Enable or disable the block storage capability of EKS Auto Mode when creating your EKS Auto Mode cluster. If the block storage capability is enabled, EKS Auto Mode will create and delete EBS volumes in your Amazon Web Services account.

Value

A list with the following syntax: 

list(
  cluster = list(
    name = "string",
    arn = "string",
    createdAt = as.POSIXct(
      "2015-01-01"
    ),
    version = "string",
    endpoint = "string",
    roleArn = "string",
    resourcesVpcConfig = list(
      subnetIds = list(
        "string"
      ),
      securityGroupIds = list(
        "string"
      ),
      clusterSecurityGroupId = "string",
      vpcId = "string",
      endpointPublicAccess = TRUE|FALSE,
      endpointPrivateAccess = TRUE|FALSE,
      publicAccessCidrs = list(
        "string"
      )
    ),
    kubernetesNetworkConfig = list(
      serviceIpv4Cidr = "string",
      serviceIpv6Cidr = "string",
      ipFamily = "ipv4"|"ipv6",
      elasticLoadBalancing = list(
        enabled = TRUE|FALSE
      )
    ),
    logging = list(
      clusterLogging = list(
        list(
          types = list(
            "api"|"audit"|"authenticator"|"controllerManager"|"scheduler"
          ),
          enabled = TRUE|FALSE
        )
      )
    ),
    identity = list(
      oidc = list(
        issuer = "string"
      )
    ),
    status = "CREATING"|"ACTIVE"|"DELETING"|"FAILED"|"UPDATING"|"PENDING",
    certificateAuthority = list(
      data = "string"
    ),
    clientRequestToken = "string",
    platformVersion = "string",
    tags = list(
      "string"
    ),
    encryptionConfig = list(
      list(
        resources = list(
          "string"
        ),
        provider = list(
          keyArn = "string"
        )
      )
    ),
    connectorConfig = list(
      activationId = "string",
      activationCode = "string",
      activationExpiry = as.POSIXct(
        "2015-01-01"
      ),
      provider = "string",
      roleArn = "string"
    ),
    id = "string",
    health = list(
      issues = list(
        list(
          code = "AccessDenied"|"ClusterUnreachable"|"ConfigurationConflict"|"InternalFailure"|"ResourceLimitExceeded"|"ResourceNotFound"|"IamRoleNotFound"|"VpcNotFound"|"InsufficientFreeAddresses"|"Ec2ServiceNotSubscribed"|"Ec2SubnetNotFound"|"Ec2SecurityGroupNotFound"|"KmsGrantRevoked"|"KmsKeyNotFound"|"KmsKeyMarkedForDeletion"|"KmsKeyDisabled"|"StsRegionalEndpointDisabled"|"UnsupportedVersion"|"Other",
          message = "string",
          resourceIds = list(
            "string"
          )
        )
      )
    ),
    outpostConfig = list(
      outpostArns = list(
        "string"
      ),
      controlPlaneInstanceType = "string",
      controlPlanePlacement = list(
        groupName = "string"
      )
    ),
    accessConfig = list(
      bootstrapClusterCreatorAdminPermissions = TRUE|FALSE,
      authenticationMode = "API"|"API_AND_CONFIG_MAP"|"CONFIG_MAP"
    ),
    upgradePolicy = list(
      supportType = "STANDARD"|"EXTENDED"
    ),
    zonalShiftConfig = list(
      enabled = TRUE|FALSE
    ),
    remoteNetworkConfig = list(
      remoteNodeNetworks = list(
        list(
          cidrs = list(
            "string"
          )
        )
      ),
      remotePodNetworks = list(
        list(
          cidrs = list(
            "string"
          )
        )
      )
    ),
    computeConfig = list(
      enabled = TRUE|FALSE,
      nodePools = list(
        "string"
      ),
      nodeRoleArn = "string"
    ),
    storageConfig = list(
      blockStorage = list(
        enabled = TRUE|FALSE
      )
    )
  )
)

Request syntax

svc$create_cluster(
  name = "string",
  version = "string",
  roleArn = "string",
  resourcesVpcConfig = list(
    subnetIds = list(
      "string"
    ),
    securityGroupIds = list(
      "string"
    ),
    endpointPublicAccess = TRUE|FALSE,
    endpointPrivateAccess = TRUE|FALSE,
    publicAccessCidrs = list(
      "string"
    )
  ),
  kubernetesNetworkConfig = list(
    serviceIpv4Cidr = "string",
    ipFamily = "ipv4"|"ipv6",
    elasticLoadBalancing = list(
      enabled = TRUE|FALSE
    )
  ),
  logging = list(
    clusterLogging = list(
      list(
        types = list(
          "api"|"audit"|"authenticator"|"controllerManager"|"scheduler"
        ),
        enabled = TRUE|FALSE
      )
    )
  ),
  clientRequestToken = "string",
  tags = list(
    "string"
  ),
  encryptionConfig = list(
    list(
      resources = list(
        "string"
      ),
      provider = list(
        keyArn = "string"
      )
    )
  ),
  outpostConfig = list(
    outpostArns = list(
      "string"
    ),
    controlPlaneInstanceType = "string",
    controlPlanePlacement = list(
      groupName = "string"
    )
  ),
  accessConfig = list(
    bootstrapClusterCreatorAdminPermissions = TRUE|FALSE,
    authenticationMode = "API"|"API_AND_CONFIG_MAP"|"CONFIG_MAP"
  ),
  bootstrapSelfManagedAddons = TRUE|FALSE,
  upgradePolicy = list(
    supportType = "STANDARD"|"EXTENDED"
  ),
  zonalShiftConfig = list(
    enabled = TRUE|FALSE
  ),
  remoteNetworkConfig = list(
    remoteNodeNetworks = list(
      list(
        cidrs = list(
          "string"
        )
      )
    ),
    remotePodNetworks = list(
      list(
        cidrs = list(
          "string"
        )
      )
    )
  ),
  computeConfig = list(
    enabled = TRUE|FALSE,
    nodePools = list(
      "string"
    ),
    nodeRoleArn = "string"
  ),
  storageConfig = list(
    blockStorage = list(
      enabled = TRUE|FALSE
    )
  )
)

Examples

## Not run: 
# The following example creates an Amazon EKS cluster called prod.
svc$create_cluster(
  version = "1.10",
  name = "prod",
  clientRequestToken = "1d2129a1-3d38-460a-9756-e5b91fddb951",
  resourcesVpcConfig = list(
    securityGroupIds = list(
      "sg-6979fe18"
    ),
    subnetIds = list(
      "subnet-6782e71e",
      "subnet-e7e761ac"
    )
  ),
  roleArn = "arn:aws:iam::012345678910:role/eks-service-role-AWSServiceRole..."
)

## End(Not run)