1_create-key-pair_steps.md

Configure AWS cli & Setup SSH keys

Login to aws IAM

https://console.aws.amazon.com

Create new role for "EKS - Cluster" under EKS

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/getting-started-console.html#role-create

Create new admin user with group Administrator

https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/home#/users

Configure AWS CLI

Find Access key ID & Secret access key for the new user created above

    aws configure

Leave default (us-east2) AWS region of ur k8s cluster when prompted

Leave default (json) when prompted for "Default output format"

Setup SSH keys

1. Choose a key file name and replace in command below (Using Git Bash)

    aws ec2 create-key-pair --key-name <key name> --query 'KeyMaterial' --output text >> <key name>.pem
   

2. Change file mode to 400

    chmod 400 <key name>.pem
   

3. Execute ssh-keygen from git bash to gen a pub key

    ssh-keygen -y -f <key name>.pem  > pub<key name>.pem
   

If any issues, refer to https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/getting-started-console.html