eks-fluxcd-bootstrap

This repository contains non-production FluxCD manifests used on GitOps-based bootstrap of Amazon EKS sandbox clusters.

Prerequisites

• eksctl, >= 0.58.0
• awscli, >= 2.2.25

Setup

1. Fork this repository

2. Create an GitHub Personal Access Token, and export it to environment variables:

export GITHUB_TOKEN=<REDACTED>
export GITHUB_USER=<GH USERNAME>

3. Checkout the fork repository, create the demo branch and push to the origin:

git clone https://github.com/davivcgarcia/eks-fluxcd-bootstrap.git
cd eks-fluxcd-bootstrap/
git checkout -b demo
git push -u origin demo

4. Modify the owner on eksctl-config.yaml file to use your GitHub username:

gitops:
  flux:
    gitProvider: github
    flags:
      owner: davivcgarcia
      repository: eks-fluxcd-bootstrap
      private: "false"
      branch: demo
      path: ./clusters/sandbox/
      namespace: flux-system

5. Create the Amazon EKS cluster with eksctl:

eksctl create cluster -f helpers/eksctl-config.yaml

Cleanup

1. Delete your Amazon EKS cluster:

eksctl delete cluster --name sandbox

2. Delete the remote and local demo branch of your forked repository:

git checkout main
git push --delete origin demo
git branch -D demo