export AWS_REGION=eu-central-1 # Define the AWS region

export CLUSTER_NAME=app # Cluster name

export KUBECONFIG=${HOME}/.kube/app # Define a new KUBECONFIG for the example

Create Cluster in AWS

eksctl create cluster --name ${CLUSTER_NAME} --region ${AWS_REGION} --nodes 2 --node-type t2.medium --asg-access

specifying the --asg-access we enable the horizontal pod auto scalling

Install AWS Load Balancer Controller AWS Guide

Make sure you install Amazon VPC CNI

Troubleshoot

Install the service

helm install cluster .

Troubleshoot Service

kubectl get all make sure the service/packet-handler has an external-ip

kubectl describe service/packet-handler make sure there is no error in the events section

after the install the aws needs about 10-15 min to create the nlb in the AWS

you can check the nlb status on the AWS EC2 page

you can also check the pods as target groups on the AWS EC2 page under the Target Groups tab