Helm-EKS

Goes along with the Blog on deploying apps in EKS using Helm and CloudFormation. BLOG Link:

Pre-requisites

You will need to have the following completed prior to working through the deployment part of the blog.

• Deploy EKS cluster using the “Modular and Scalable Amazon EKS Architecture” Quick Start by following the deployment guide at the following link.
  • https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quickstart/latest/amazon-eks-architecture/welcome.html
• Once you have the EKS cluster deployed you will need to get the following outputs from the EKSStack in CloudFormation.
  • Needed Outputs both examples:
    • “HelmLambdaArn”
    • “KubeClusterName“
    • “KubeConfigPath“
    • “KubeGetLambdaArn“
  • Needed for build with external database example only
    • “NodeGroupSecurityGroupId”
    • “BastionSecurityGroupId”
  • How to retrieve the needed outputs:
    • In the AWS Console under Services select CloudFormation.
    • In CloudFormation select Stacks from the left side panel.
    • In Stacks click on -EKSStack-
      • ex. “eks-run-1-EKSStack-1IOKX7GLR4KM5”

Templates

1. "helm-wordpress-deploy.yml" - Deploys Wordpress using a Helm Chart, and automatically handles the database setup and configuration.

2. "helm-wordpress-deploy-RDS.yml" - Deploys Wordpress using a Helm Chart and an external RDS database (Mariadb) that is created within the template.