Use EFS Volumes in an Amazon EKS Cluster
In this lab, you’ll practice the utilization of EFS volumes with pods in an Amazon EKS cluster. When you’re finished with this lab, you’ll have an understanding of mounting and using EFS volumes within an EKS Cluster.
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Challenge
Create an EFS Volume to Mount within an EKS Cluster
You will learn to create an EFS volume and its required security group.
Challenge
Configure the Bastion Host to Interact with the EKS Cluster
You will learn to use an EC2 instance to run all the commands against an EKS cluster.
Challenge
Create a Service Account for the EKS Cluster
You will learn to create a service account for the EKS cluster, and will have it use an IAM role to execute EFS-related actions
Challenge
Deploy the EFS CSI Driver on the EKS Cluster
You will learn how to deploy the open-source EFS Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver to manage the attachment of Amazon EFS volumes to Kubernetes Pods.
Challenge
Create Pods to Utilize EFS via Persistent Volume
You will learn to create multiple pods that read and write to EFS volume.
Provided environment for hands-on practice
We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.
Guided walkthrough
Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!
Did you know?
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Recommended prerequisites
- AWS EC2 and EKS
- AWS VPC and EFS
- AWS CLI