aws/eks-cluster.yaml

# Specifies the API version and kind of the configuration
apiVersion: eksctl.io/v1alpha5
kind: ClusterConfig

# Defines the basic cluster metadata
metadata:
  name: $CLUSTER_NAME # Cluster name, used in various AWS resource names
  region: $REGION # AWS region where the cluster will be created
  version: "1.30" # Kubernetes version to use for the cluster

# IAM configuration for the cluster
iam:
  withOIDC: true # Enables IAM roles for service accounts (IRSA) using OIDC
  serviceAccounts:
    # Configures a service account for marketplace metering
    - metadata:
        name: $SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME
        namespace: $NAMESPACE
      attachPolicyARNs:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSMarketplaceMeteringRegisterUsage
    # Configures a service account for the AWS Load Balancer Controller (just required
    # if ingress is enabled within the HUGS Helm Template)
    - metadata:
        name: aws-load-balancer-controller
        namespace: $NAMESPACE
      attachPolicyARNs:
        - arn:aws:iam::$AWS_ACCOUNT_ID:policy/AWSLoadBalancerControllerIAMPolicy
      roleName: AmazonEKSLoadBalancerControllerRole

# Defines the managed node group for the cluster
managedNodeGroups:
  - name: $NODE_GROUP_NAME
    instanceType: g5.xlarge # GPU-enabled instance type, required by HUGS
    minSize: 1
    maxSize: 2 # Set to a greater number if you want to enable auto-scaling
    desiredCapacity: 1 # Fixed size node group, can be adjusted for scaling

# Specifies the EKS add-ons to be installed (default ones)
# All the addons below will be installed within the `kube-system` namespace
addons:
  - name: vpc-cni # Amazon VPC CNI plugin for Kubernetes
  - name: coredns # CoreDNS for Kubernetes DNS services
  - name: kube-proxy # kube-proxy for Kubernetes network proxy

# Configures CloudWatch logging for the cluster
cloudWatch:
  clusterLogging:
    enableTypes: ["*"] # Enables all types of control plane logging