Creating an EKS cluster for hosting the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain
Creating an Amazon EKS cluster to host a Hyperledger Fabric network involves several steps, from setting up the AWS Command-Line Interface (CLI) and EKS CLI to configuring the Kubernetes cluster itself. Step-by-step, let’s complete the following tasks using an active AWS account:
- Install and configure the AWS CLI with a user that has the necessary permissions, which are
AmazonEKSAdminPolicy
,AmazonEC2FullAccess
,IAMFullAccess
,AmazonS3FullAccess
, andAmazonVPCFullAccess
. The latest version of the AWS CLI for your platform (Windows, macOS, or Linux) can be found here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html. - Install eksctl, a simple CLI tool for creating clusters on EKS. It simplifies much of the cluster creation process. Instructions on how to install eksctl can be found here: https://github.com/eksctl-io/eksctl.
- Create an IAM role that EKS can assume to...