Step 1 Log into AWS CLI and set your Kubernetes Context

The following steps require the aws cli. There are various methods of logging into the aws cli, for example, using single-sign-on login to your aws profile:

aws sso login --profile <profile>

Once logged in, set your Kubernetes context by running the command:

aws eks update-kubeconfig --region <region> --name <eks_cluster_name> --profile <profile>

replacing <region> and <eks_cluster_name> with the associated AWS region (e.g. eu-west-1) and name of your EKS cluster.

This will merge your EKS settings into your kubernetes configuration files (typically stored in the~/.kube/config file).