Automating custom Amazon EKS worker node builds using EC2 Image Builder
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This article explains how to automate the process of building custom Amazon EKS worker node images using EC2 Image Builder. It covers the steps to create an EC2 Instance Profile with necessary permissions, an Image Builder Component with commands to install EKS binaries, an Image Builder Recipe using your organization's golden image as the base, and an Image Builder Pipeline to build the EKS worker node images on a schedule.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Prerequisites (IAM role, policies, Amazon EKS cluster)
- Creating an EC2 Instance Profile
- Creating an Image Builder Component
- Creating an Image Builder Recipe
- Creating an Image Builder Pipeline
- Running and validating the pipeline
- Deploying the EKS worker nodes
- CloudFormation templates for automation
- Cleaning up resources
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