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Use CreateCluster with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

There are more AWS SDK examples available in the AWS Doc SDK Examples GitHub repo.

There are more AWS SDK examples available in the AWS Doc SDK Examples GitHub repo.

Use CreateCluster with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use CreateCluster.

CLI
AWS CLI

To create a new cluster

This example command creates a cluster named prod in your default region.

Command:

aws eks create-cluster --name prod \ --role-arn arn:aws:iam::012345678910:role/eks-service-role-AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKS-J7ONKE3BQ4PI \ --resources-vpc-config subnetIds=subnet-6782e71e,subnet-e7e761ac,securityGroupIds=sg-6979fe18

Output:

{ "cluster": { "name": "prod", "arn": "arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:012345678910:cluster/prod", "createdAt": 1527808069.147, "version": "1.10", "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::012345678910:role/eks-service-role-AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKS-J7ONKE3BQ4PI", "resourcesVpcConfig": { "subnetIds": [ "subnet-6782e71e", "subnet-e7e761ac" ], "securityGroupIds": [ "sg-6979fe18" ], "vpcId": "vpc-950809ec" }, "status": "CREATING", "certificateAuthority": {} } }

To create a new cluster with private endpoint access and logging enabled

This example command creates a cluster named example in your default region with public endpoint access disabled, private endpoint access enabled, and all logging types enabled.

Command:

aws eks create-cluster --name example --kubernetes-version 1.12 \ --role-arn arn:aws:iam::012345678910:role/example-cluster-ServiceRole-1XWBQWYSFRE2Q \ --resources-vpc-config subnetIds=subnet-0a188dccd2f9a632f,subnet-09290d93da4278664,subnet-0f21dd86e0e91134a,subnet-0173dead68481a583,subnet-051f70a57ed6fcab6,subnet-01322339c5c7de9b4,securityGroupIds=sg-0c5b580845a031c10,endpointPublicAccess=false,endpointPrivateAccess=true \ --logging '{"clusterLogging":[{"types":["api","audit","authenticator","controllerManager","scheduler"],"enabled":true}]}'

Output:

{ "cluster": { "name": "example", "arn": "arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:012345678910:cluster/example", "createdAt": 1565804921.901, "version": "1.12", "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::012345678910:role/example-cluster-ServiceRole-1XWBQWYSFRE2Q", "resourcesVpcConfig": { "subnetIds": [ "subnet-0a188dccd2f9a632f", "subnet-09290d93da4278664", "subnet-0f21dd86e0e91134a", "subnet-0173dead68481a583", "subnet-051f70a57ed6fcab6", "subnet-01322339c5c7de9b4" ], "securityGroupIds": [ "sg-0c5b580845a031c10" ], "vpcId": "vpc-0f622c01f68d4afec", "endpointPublicAccess": false, "endpointPrivateAccess": true }, "logging": { "clusterLogging": [ { "types": [ "api", "audit", "authenticator", "controllerManager", "scheduler" ], "enabled": true } ] }, "status": "CREATING", "certificateAuthority": {}, "platformVersion": "eks.3" } }
  • For API details, see CreateCluster in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example creates a new cluster called 'prod'.

New-EKSCluster -Name prod -ResourcesVpcConfig @{SubnetIds=@("subnet-0a1b2c3d","subnet-3a2b1c0d");SecurityGroupIds="sg-6979fe18"} -RoleArn "arn:aws:iam::012345678901:role/eks-service-role"

Output:

Arn : arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:012345678901:cluster/prod CertificateAuthority : Amazon.EKS.Model.Certificate ClientRequestToken : CreatedAt : 12/10/2018 9:25:31 PM Endpoint : Name : prod PlatformVersion : eks.3 ResourcesVpcConfig : Amazon.EKS.Model.VpcConfigResponse RoleArn : arn:aws:iam::012345678901:role/eks-service-role Status : CREATING Version : 1.10
  • For API details, see CreateCluster in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

Rust
SDK for Rust
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

async fn make_cluster( client: &aws_sdk_eks::Client, name: &str, arn: &str, subnet_ids: Vec<String>, ) -> Result<(), aws_sdk_eks::Error> { let cluster = client .create_cluster() .name(name) .role_arn(arn) .resources_vpc_config( VpcConfigRequest::builder() .set_subnet_ids(Some(subnet_ids)) .build(), ) .send() .await?; println!("cluster created: {:?}", cluster); Ok(()) }
  • For API details, see CreateCluster in AWS SDK for Rust API reference.

AWS CLI

To create a new cluster

This example command creates a cluster named prod in your default region.

Command:

aws eks create-cluster --name prod \ --role-arn arn:aws:iam::012345678910:role/eks-service-role-AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKS-J7ONKE3BQ4PI \ --resources-vpc-config subnetIds=subnet-6782e71e,subnet-e7e761ac,securityGroupIds=sg-6979fe18

Output:

{ "cluster": { "name": "prod", "arn": "arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:012345678910:cluster/prod", "createdAt": 1527808069.147, "version": "1.10", "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::012345678910:role/eks-service-role-AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEKS-J7ONKE3BQ4PI", "resourcesVpcConfig": { "subnetIds": [ "subnet-6782e71e", "subnet-e7e761ac" ], "securityGroupIds": [ "sg-6979fe18" ], "vpcId": "vpc-950809ec" }, "status": "CREATING", "certificateAuthority": {} } }

To create a new cluster with private endpoint access and logging enabled

This example command creates a cluster named example in your default region with public endpoint access disabled, private endpoint access enabled, and all logging types enabled.

Command:

aws eks create-cluster --name example --kubernetes-version 1.12 \ --role-arn arn:aws:iam::012345678910:role/example-cluster-ServiceRole-1XWBQWYSFRE2Q \ --resources-vpc-config subnetIds=subnet-0a188dccd2f9a632f,subnet-09290d93da4278664,subnet-0f21dd86e0e91134a,subnet-0173dead68481a583,subnet-051f70a57ed6fcab6,subnet-01322339c5c7de9b4,securityGroupIds=sg-0c5b580845a031c10,endpointPublicAccess=false,endpointPrivateAccess=true \ --logging '{"clusterLogging":[{"types":["api","audit","authenticator","controllerManager","scheduler"],"enabled":true}]}'

Output:

{ "cluster": { "name": "example", "arn": "arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:012345678910:cluster/example", "createdAt": 1565804921.901, "version": "1.12", "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::012345678910:role/example-cluster-ServiceRole-1XWBQWYSFRE2Q", "resourcesVpcConfig": { "subnetIds": [ "subnet-0a188dccd2f9a632f", "subnet-09290d93da4278664", "subnet-0f21dd86e0e91134a", "subnet-0173dead68481a583", "subnet-051f70a57ed6fcab6", "subnet-01322339c5c7de9b4" ], "securityGroupIds": [ "sg-0c5b580845a031c10" ], "vpcId": "vpc-0f622c01f68d4afec", "endpointPublicAccess": false, "endpointPrivateAccess": true }, "logging": { "clusterLogging": [ { "types": [ "api", "audit", "authenticator", "controllerManager", "scheduler" ], "enabled": true } ] }, "status": "CREATING", "certificateAuthority": {}, "platformVersion": "eks.3" } }
  • For API details, see CreateCluster in AWS CLI Command Reference.

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