Create a quick cluster with eksctl # download kubectl and install https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-linux/ curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl" sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/eksctl.html curl --silent --location "https://github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/releases/latest/download/eksctl_$(uname -s)_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz -C /tmp sudo mv /tmp/eksctl /usr/local/bin eksctl to create a small cluster eksctl create cluster --name quick-cluster --nodes 2 --region us-east-1 setup a kubeconfig on another instance aws eks update-kubeconfig --name quick-cluster