Terraform module which creates Amazon EKS (Kubernetes) resources
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Please note that we strive to provide a comprehensive suite of documentation for configuring and utilizing the module(s) defined here, and that documentation regarding EKS (including EKS managed node group, self managed node group, and Fargate profile) and/or Kubernetes features, usage, etc. are better left up to their respective sources:
module "eks" {
source = "terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws"
version = "~> 20.0"
cluster_name = "my-cluster"
cluster_version = "1.30"
cluster_endpoint_public_access = true
cluster_addons = {
coredns = {}
eks-pod-identity-agent = {}
kube-proxy = {}
vpc-cni = {}
}
vpc_id = "vpc-1234556abcdef"
subnet_ids = ["subnet-abcde012", "subnet-bcde012a", "subnet-fghi345a"]
control_plane_subnet_ids = ["subnet-xyzde987", "subnet-slkjf456", "subnet-qeiru789"]
# EKS Managed Node Group(s)
eks_managed_node_group_defaults = {
instance_types = ["m6i.large", "m5.large", "m5n.large", "m5zn.large"]
}
eks_managed_node_groups = {
example = {
# Starting on 1.30, AL2023 is the default AMI type for EKS managed node groups
ami_type = "AL2023_x86_64_STANDARD"
instance_types = ["m5.xlarge"]
min_size = 2
max_size = 10
desired_size = 2
}
}
# Cluster access entry
# To add the current caller identity as an administrator
enable_cluster_creator_admin_permissions = true
access_entries = {
# One access entry with a policy associated
example = {
kubernetes_groups = []
principal_arn = "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/something"
policy_associations = {
example = {
policy_arn = "arn:aws:eks::aws:cluster-access-policy/AmazonEKSViewPolicy"
access_scope = {
namespaces = ["default"]
type = "namespace"
}
}
}
}
}
tags = {
Environment = "dev"
Terraform = "true"
}
}
When enabling authentication_mode = "API_AND_CONFIG_MAP"
, EKS will automatically create an access entry for the IAM role(s) used by managed node group(s) and Fargate profile(s). There are no additional actions required by users. For self-managed node groups and the Karpenter sub-module, this project automatically adds the access entry on behalf of users so there are no additional actions required by users.
On clusters that were created prior to CAM support, there will be an existing access entry for the cluster creator. This was previously not visible when using aws-auth
ConfigMap, but will become visible when access entry is enabled.
Setting the bootstrap_cluster_creator_admin_permissions
is a one time operation when the cluster is created; it cannot be modified later through the EKS API. In this project we are hardcoding this to false
. If users wish to achieve the same functionality, we will do that through an access entry which can be enabled or disabled at any time of their choosing using the variable enable_cluster_creator_admin_permissions
When enabling EFA support via enable_efa_support = true
, there are two locations this can be specified - one at the cluster level, and one at the node group level. Enabling at the cluster level will add the EFA required ingress/egress rules to the shared security group created for the node group(s). Enabling at the node group level will do the following (per node group where enabled):
- All EFA interfaces supported by the instance will be exposed on the launch template used by the node group
- A placement group with
strategy = "clustered"
per EFA requirements is created and passed to the launch template used by the node group - Data sources will reverse lookup the availability zones that support the instance type selected based on the subnets provided, ensuring that only the associated subnets are passed to the launch template and therefore used by the placement group. This avoids the placement group being created in an availability zone that does not support the instance type selected.
Tip
Use the aws-efa-k8s-device-plugin Helm chart to expose the EFA interfaces on the nodes as an extended resource, and allow pods to request the interfaces be mounted to their containers.
The EKS AL2 GPU AMI comes with the necessary EFA components pre-installed - you just need to expose the EFA devices on the nodes via their launch templates, ensure the required EFA security group rules are in place, and deploy the aws-efa-k8s-device-plugin
in order to start utilizing EFA within your cluster. Your application container will need to have the necessary libraries and runtime in order to utilize communication over the EFA interfaces (NCCL, aws-ofi-nccl, hwloc, libfabric, aws-neuornx-collectives, CUDA, etc.).
If you disable the creation and use of the managed node group custom launch template (create_launch_template = false
and/or use_custom_launch_template = false
), this will interfere with the EFA functionality provided. In addition, if you do not supply an instance_type
for self-managed node group(s), or instance_types
for the managed node group(s), this will also interfere with the functionality. In order to support the EFA functionality provided by enable_efa_support = true
, you must utilize the custom launch template created/provided by this module, and supply an instance_type
/instance_types
for the respective node group.
The logic behind supporting EFA uses a data source to lookup the instance type to retrieve the number of interfaces that the instance supports in order to enumerate and expose those interfaces on the launch template created. For managed node groups where a list of instance types are supported, the first instance type in the list is used to calculate the number of EFA interfaces supported. Mixing instance types with varying number of interfaces is not recommended for EFA (or in some cases, mixing instance types is not supported - i.e. - p5.48xlarge and p4d.24xlarge). In addition to exposing the EFA interfaces and updating the security group rules, a placement group is created per the EFA requirements and only the availability zones that support the instance type selected are used in the subnets provided to the node group.
In order to enable EFA support, you will have to specify enable_efa_support = true
on both the cluster and each node group that you wish to enable EFA support for:
module "eks" {
source = "terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws"
version = "~> 20.0"
# Truncated for brevity ...
# Adds the EFA required security group rules to the shared
# security group created for the node group(s)
enable_efa_support = true
eks_managed_node_groups = {
example = {
instance_types = ["p5.48xlarge"]
# Exposes all EFA interfaces on the launch template created by the node group(s)
# This would expose all 32 EFA interfaces for the p5.48xlarge instance type
enable_efa_support = true
pre_bootstrap_user_data = <<-EOT
# Mount NVME instance store volumes since they are typically
# available on instance types that support EFA
setup-local-disks raid0
EOT
# EFA should only be enabled when connecting 2 or more nodes
# Do not use EFA on a single node workload
min_size = 2
max_size = 10
desired_size = 2
}
}
}
- EKS Managed Node Group: EKS Cluster using EKS managed node groups
- Karpenter: EKS Cluster with Karpenter provisioned for intelligent data plane management
- Outposts: EKS local cluster provisioned on AWS Outposts
- Self Managed Node Group: EKS Cluster using self-managed node groups
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Name | Version |
---|---|
terraform | >= 1.3.2 |
aws | >= 5.40 |
time | >= 0.9 |
tls | >= 3.0 |
Name | Version |
---|---|
aws | >= 5.40 |
time | >= 0.9 |
tls | >= 3.0 |
Name | Source | Version |
---|---|---|
eks_managed_node_group | ./modules/eks-managed-node-group | n/a |
fargate_profile | ./modules/fargate-profile | n/a |
kms | terraform-aws-modules/kms/aws | 2.1.0 |
self_managed_node_group | ./modules/self-managed-node-group | n/a |
Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|---|---|
access_entries | Map of access entries to add to the cluster | any |
{} |
no |
attach_cluster_encryption_policy | Indicates whether or not to attach an additional policy for the cluster IAM role to utilize the encryption key provided | bool |
true |
no |
authentication_mode | The authentication mode for the cluster. Valid values are CONFIG_MAP , API or API_AND_CONFIG_MAP |
string |
"API_AND_CONFIG_MAP" |
no |
cloudwatch_log_group_class | Specified the log class of the log group. Possible values are: STANDARD or INFREQUENT_ACCESS |
string |
null |
no |
cloudwatch_log_group_kms_key_id | If a KMS Key ARN is set, this key will be used to encrypt the corresponding log group. Please be sure that the KMS Key has an appropriate key policy (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/encrypt-log-data-kms.html) | string |
null |
no |
cloudwatch_log_group_retention_in_days | Number of days to retain log events. Default retention - 90 days | number |
90 |
no |
cloudwatch_log_group_tags | A map of additional tags to add to the cloudwatch log group created | map(string) |
{} |
no |
cluster_additional_security_group_ids | List of additional, externally created security group IDs to attach to the cluster control plane | list(string) |
[] |
no |
cluster_addons | Map of cluster addon configurations to enable for the cluster. Addon name can be the map keys or set with name |
any |
{} |
no |
cluster_addons_timeouts | Create, update, and delete timeout configurations for the cluster addons | map(string) |
{} |
no |
cluster_enabled_log_types | A list of the desired control plane logs to enable. For more information, see Amazon EKS Control Plane Logging documentation (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/control-plane-logs.html) | list(string) |
[ |
no |
cluster_encryption_config | Configuration block with encryption configuration for the cluster. To disable secret encryption, set this value to {} |
any |
{ |
no |
cluster_encryption_policy_description | Description of the cluster encryption policy created | string |
"Cluster encryption policy to allow cluster role to utilize CMK provided" |
no |
cluster_encryption_policy_name | Name to use on cluster encryption policy created | string |
null |
no |
cluster_encryption_policy_path | Cluster encryption policy path | string |
null |
no |
cluster_encryption_policy_tags | A map of additional tags to add to the cluster encryption policy created | map(string) |
{} |
no |
cluster_encryption_policy_use_name_prefix | Determines whether cluster encryption policy name (cluster_encryption_policy_name ) is used as a prefix |
bool |
true |
no |
cluster_endpoint_private_access | Indicates whether or not the Amazon EKS private API server endpoint is enabled | bool |
true |
no |
cluster_endpoint_public_access | Indicates whether or not the Amazon EKS public API server endpoint is enabled | bool |
false |
no |
cluster_endpoint_public_access_cidrs | List of CIDR blocks which can access the Amazon EKS public API server endpoint | list(string) |
[ |
no |
cluster_identity_providers | Map of cluster identity provider configurations to enable for the cluster. Note - this is different/separate from IRSA | any |
{} |
no |
cluster_ip_family | The IP family used to assign Kubernetes pod and service addresses. Valid values are ipv4 (default) and ipv6 . You can only specify an IP family when you create a cluster, changing this value will force a new cluster to be created |
string |
"ipv4" |
no |
cluster_name | Name of the EKS cluster | string |
"" |
no |
cluster_security_group_additional_rules | List of additional security group rules to add to the cluster security group created. Set source_node_security_group = true inside rules to set the node_security_group as source |
any |
{} |
no |
cluster_security_group_description | Description of the cluster security group created | string |
"EKS cluster security group" |
no |
cluster_security_group_id | Existing security group ID to be attached to the cluster | string |
"" |
no |
cluster_security_group_name | Name to use on cluster security group created | string |
null |
no |
cluster_security_group_tags | A map of additional tags to add to the cluster security group created | map(string) |
{} |
no |
cluster_security_group_use_name_prefix | Determines whether cluster security group name (cluster_security_group_name ) is used as a prefix |
bool |
true |
no |
cluster_service_ipv4_cidr | The CIDR block to assign Kubernetes service IP addresses from. If you don't specify a block, Kubernetes assigns addresses from either the 10.100.0.0/16 or 172.20.0.0/16 CIDR blocks | string |
null |
no |
cluster_service_ipv6_cidr | The CIDR block to assign Kubernetes pod and service IP addresses from if ipv6 was specified when the cluster was created. Kubernetes assigns service addresses from the unique local address range (fc00::/7) because you can't specify a custom IPv6 CIDR block when you create the cluster |
string |
null |
no |
cluster_tags | A map of additional tags to add to the cluster | map(string) |
{} |
no |
cluster_timeouts | Create, update, and delete timeout configurations for the cluster | map(string) |
{} |
no |
cluster_version | Kubernetes <major>.<minor> version to use for the EKS cluster (i.e.: 1.27 ) |
string |
null |
no |
control_plane_subnet_ids | A list of subnet IDs where the EKS cluster control plane (ENIs) will be provisioned. Used for expanding the pool of subnets used by nodes/node groups without replacing the EKS control plane | list(string) |
[] |
no |
create | Controls if resources should be created (affects nearly all resources) | bool |
true |
no |
create_cloudwatch_log_group | Determines whether a log group is created by this module for the cluster logs. If not, AWS will automatically create one if logging is enabled | bool |
true |
no |
create_cluster_primary_security_group_tags | Indicates whether or not to tag the cluster's primary security group. This security group is created by the EKS service, not the module, and therefore tagging is handled after cluster creation | bool |
true |
no |
create_cluster_security_group | Determines if a security group is created for the cluster. Note: the EKS service creates a primary security group for the cluster by default | bool |
true |
no |
create_cni_ipv6_iam_policy | Determines whether to create an AmazonEKS_CNI_IPv6_Policy |
bool |
false |
no |
create_iam_role | Determines whether a an IAM role is created or to use an existing IAM role | bool |
true |
no |
create_kms_key | Controls if a KMS key for cluster encryption should be created | bool |
true |
no |
create_node_security_group | Determines whether to create a security group for the node groups or use the existing node_security_group_id |
bool |
true |
no |
custom_oidc_thumbprints | Additional list of server certificate thumbprints for the OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity provider's server certificate(s) | list(string) |
[] |
no |
dataplane_wait_duration | Duration to wait after the EKS cluster has become active before creating the dataplane components (EKS managed node group(s), self-managed node group(s), Fargate profile(s)) | string |
"30s" |
no |
eks_managed_node_group_defaults | Map of EKS managed node group default configurations | any |
{} |
no |
eks_managed_node_groups | Map of EKS managed node group definitions to create | any |
{} |
no |
enable_cluster_creator_admin_permissions | Indicates whether or not to add the cluster creator (the identity used by Terraform) as an administrator via access entry | bool |
false |
no |
enable_efa_support | Determines whether to enable Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) support | bool |
false |
no |
enable_irsa | Determines whether to create an OpenID Connect Provider for EKS to enable IRSA | bool |
true |
no |
enable_kms_key_rotation | Specifies whether key rotation is enabled | bool |
true |
no |
fargate_profile_defaults | Map of Fargate Profile default configurations | any |
{} |
no |
fargate_profiles | Map of Fargate Profile definitions to create | any |
{} |
no |
iam_role_additional_policies | Additional policies to be added to the IAM role | map(string) |
{} |
no |
iam_role_arn | Existing IAM role ARN for the cluster. Required if create_iam_role is set to false |
string |
null |
no |
iam_role_description | Description of the role | string |
null |
no |
iam_role_name | Name to use on IAM role created | string |
null |
no |
iam_role_path | Cluster IAM role path | string |
null |
no |
iam_role_permissions_boundary | ARN of the policy that is used to set the permissions boundary for the IAM role | string |
null |
no |
iam_role_tags | A map of additional tags to add to the IAM role created | map(string) |
{} |
no |
iam_role_use_name_prefix | Determines whether the IAM role name (iam_role_name ) is used as a prefix |
bool |
true |
no |
include_oidc_root_ca_thumbprint | Determines whether to include the root CA thumbprint in the OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity provider's server certificate(s) | bool |
true |
no |
kms_key_administrators | A list of IAM ARNs for key administrators. If no value is provided, the current caller identity is used to ensure at least one key admin is available | list(string) |
[] |
no |
kms_key_aliases | A list of aliases to create. Note - due to the use of toset() , values must be static strings and not computed values |
list(string) |
[] |
no |
kms_key_deletion_window_in_days | The waiting period, specified in number of days. After the waiting period ends, AWS KMS deletes the KMS key. If you specify a value, it must be between 7 and 30 , inclusive. If you do not specify a value, it defaults to 30 |
number |
null |
no |
kms_key_description | The description of the key as viewed in AWS console | string |
null |
no |
kms_key_enable_default_policy | Specifies whether to enable the default key policy | bool |
true |
no |
kms_key_override_policy_documents | List of IAM policy documents that are merged together into the exported document. In merging, statements with non-blank sid s will override statements with the same sid |
list(string) |
[] |
no |
kms_key_owners | A list of IAM ARNs for those who will have full key permissions (kms:* ) |
list(string) |
[] |
no |
kms_key_service_users | A list of IAM ARNs for key service users | list(string) |
[] |
no |
kms_key_source_policy_documents | List of IAM policy documents that are merged together into the exported document. Statements must have unique sid s |
list(string) |
[] |
no |
kms_key_users | A list of IAM ARNs for key users | list(string) |
[] |
no |
node_security_group_additional_rules | List of additional security group rules to add to the node security group created. Set source_cluster_security_group = true inside rules to set the cluster_security_group as source |
any |
{} |
no |
node_security_group_description | Description of the node security group created | string |
"EKS node shared security group" |
no |
node_security_group_enable_recommended_rules | Determines whether to enable recommended security group rules for the node security group created. This includes node-to-node TCP ingress on ephemeral ports and allows all egress traffic | bool |
true |
no |
node_security_group_id | ID of an existing security group to attach to the node groups created | string |
"" |
no |
node_security_group_name | Name to use on node security group created | string |
null |
no |
node_security_group_tags | A map of additional tags to add to the node security group created | map(string) |
{} |
no |
node_security_group_use_name_prefix | Determines whether node security group name (node_security_group_name ) is used as a prefix |
bool |
true |
no |
openid_connect_audiences | List of OpenID Connect audience client IDs to add to the IRSA provider | list(string) |
[] |
no |
outpost_config | Configuration for the AWS Outpost to provision the cluster on | any |
{} |
no |
prefix_separator | The separator to use between the prefix and the generated timestamp for resource names | string |
"-" |
no |
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true |
no |
self_managed_node_group_defaults | Map of self-managed node group default configurations | any |
{} |
no |
self_managed_node_groups | Map of self-managed node group definitions to create | any |
{} |
no |
subnet_ids | A list of subnet IDs where the nodes/node groups will be provisioned. If control_plane_subnet_ids is not provided, the EKS cluster control plane (ENIs) will be provisioned in these subnets |
list(string) |
[] |
no |
tags | A map of tags to add to all resources | map(string) |
{} |
no |
vpc_id | ID of the VPC where the cluster security group will be provisioned | string |
null |
no |
Name | Description |
---|---|
access_entries | Map of access entries created and their attributes |
access_policy_associations | Map of eks cluster access policy associations created and their attributes |
cloudwatch_log_group_arn | Arn of cloudwatch log group created |
cloudwatch_log_group_name | Name of cloudwatch log group created |
cluster_addons | Map of attribute maps for all EKS cluster addons enabled |
cluster_arn | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the cluster |
cluster_certificate_authority_data | Base64 encoded certificate data required to communicate with the cluster |
cluster_endpoint | Endpoint for your Kubernetes API server |
cluster_iam_role_arn | IAM role ARN of the EKS cluster |
cluster_iam_role_name | IAM role name of the EKS cluster |
cluster_iam_role_unique_id | Stable and unique string identifying the IAM role |
cluster_id | The ID of the EKS cluster. Note: currently a value is returned only for local EKS clusters created on Outposts |
cluster_identity_providers | Map of attribute maps for all EKS identity providers enabled |
cluster_ip_family | The IP family used by the cluster (e.g. ipv4 or ipv6 ) |
cluster_name | The name of the EKS cluster |
cluster_oidc_issuer_url | The URL on the EKS cluster for the OpenID Connect identity provider |
cluster_platform_version | Platform version for the cluster |
cluster_primary_security_group_id | Cluster security group that was created by Amazon EKS for the cluster. Managed node groups use this security group for control-plane-to-data-plane communication. Referred to as 'Cluster security group' in the EKS console |
cluster_security_group_arn | Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the cluster security group |
cluster_security_group_id | ID of the cluster security group |
cluster_service_cidr | The CIDR block where Kubernetes pod and service IP addresses are assigned from |
cluster_status | Status of the EKS cluster. One of CREATING , ACTIVE , DELETING , FAILED |
cluster_tls_certificate_sha1_fingerprint | The SHA1 fingerprint of the public key of the cluster's certificate |
cluster_version | The Kubernetes version for the cluster |
eks_managed_node_groups | Map of attribute maps for all EKS managed node groups created |
eks_managed_node_groups_autoscaling_group_names | List of the autoscaling group names created by EKS managed node groups |
fargate_profiles | Map of attribute maps for all EKS Fargate Profiles created |
kms_key_arn | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the key |
kms_key_id | The globally unique identifier for the key |
kms_key_policy | The IAM resource policy set on the key |
node_security_group_arn | Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the node shared security group |
node_security_group_id | ID of the node shared security group |
oidc_provider | The OpenID Connect identity provider (issuer URL without leading https:// ) |
oidc_provider_arn | The ARN of the OIDC Provider if enable_irsa = true |
self_managed_node_groups | Map of attribute maps for all self managed node groups created |
self_managed_node_groups_autoscaling_group_names | List of the autoscaling group names created by self-managed node groups |
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