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terraform-aws-eks/modules/eks-managed-node-group

EKS Managed Node Group Module

Configuration in this directory creates an EKS Managed Node Group along with an IAM role, security group, and launch template

Usage

module "eks_managed_node_group" {
  source = "terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws//modules/eks-managed-node-group"

  name            = "separate-eks-mng"
  cluster_name    = "my-cluster"
  cluster_version = "1.21"

  vpc_id     = "vpc-1234556abcdef"
  subnet_ids = ["subnet-abcde012", "subnet-bcde012a", "subnet-fghi345a"]

  min_size     = 1
  max_size     = 10
  desired_size = 1

  instance_types = ["t3.large"]
  capacity_type  = "SPOT"

  labels = {
    Environment = "test"
    GithubRepo  = "terraform-aws-eks"
    GithubOrg   = "terraform-aws-modules"
  }

  taints = {
    dedicated = {
      key    = "dedicated"
      value  = "gpuGroup"
      effect = "NO_SCHEDULE"
    }
  }

  tags = {
    Environment = "dev"
    Terraform   = "true"
  }
}

Requirements

Name Version
terraform >= 0.13.1
aws >= 3.64
cloudinit >= 2.0

Providers

Name Version
aws >= 3.64

Modules

Name Source Version
user_data ../_user_data n/a

Resources

Name Type
aws_eks_node_group.this resource
aws_iam_role.this resource
aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.this resource
aws_launch_template.this resource
aws_security_group.this resource
aws_security_group_rule.this resource
aws_iam_policy_document.assume_role_policy data source
aws_partition.current data source

Inputs

Name Description Type Default Required
ami_id The AMI from which to launch the instance. If not supplied, EKS will use its own default image string "" no
ami_release_version AMI version of the EKS Node Group. Defaults to latest version for Kubernetes version string null no
ami_type Type of Amazon Machine Image (AMI) associated with the EKS Node Group. Valid values are AL2_x86_64, AL2_x86_64_GPU, AL2_ARM_64, CUSTOM, BOTTLEROCKET_ARM_64, BOTTLEROCKET_x86_64 string null no
block_device_mappings Specify volumes to attach to the instance besides the volumes specified by the AMI any {} no
bootstrap_extra_args Additional arguments passed to the bootstrap script. When platform = bottlerocket; these are additional settings that are provided to the Bottlerocket user data string "" no
capacity_reservation_specification Targeting for EC2 capacity reservations any null no
capacity_type Type of capacity associated with the EKS Node Group. Valid values: ON_DEMAND, SPOT string "ON_DEMAND" no
cluster_auth_base64 Base64 encoded CA of associated EKS cluster string "" no
cluster_endpoint Endpoint of associated EKS cluster string "" no
cluster_name Name of associated EKS cluster string null no
cluster_security_group_id Cluster control plane security group ID string null no
cluster_service_ipv4_cidr The CIDR block to assign Kubernetes service IP addresses from. If you don't specify a block, Kubernetes assigns addresses from either the 10.100.0.0/16 or 172.20.0.0/16 CIDR blocks string null no
cluster_version Kubernetes version. Defaults to EKS Cluster Kubernetes version string null no
cpu_options The CPU options for the instance map(string) null no
create Determines whether to create EKS managed node group or not bool true no
create_iam_role Determines whether an IAM role is created or to use an existing IAM role bool true no
create_launch_template Determines whether to create a launch template or not. If set to false, EKS will use its own default launch template bool true no
create_security_group Determines whether to create a security group bool true no
credit_specification Customize the credit specification of the instance map(string) null no
desired_size Desired number of instances/nodes number 1 no
disable_api_termination If true, enables EC2 instance termination protection bool null no
disk_size Disk size in GiB for nodes. Defaults to 20 number null no
ebs_optimized If true, the launched EC2 instance(s) will be EBS-optimized bool null no
elastic_gpu_specifications The elastic GPU to attach to the instance map(string) null no
elastic_inference_accelerator Configuration block containing an Elastic Inference Accelerator to attach to the instance map(string) null no
enable_bootstrap_user_data Determines whether the bootstrap configurations are populated within the user data template bool false no
enable_monitoring Enables/disables detailed monitoring bool true no
enclave_options Enable Nitro Enclaves on launched instances map(string) null no
force_update_version Force version update if existing pods are unable to be drained due to a pod disruption budget issue bool null no
iam_role_additional_policies Additional policies to be added to the IAM role list(string) [] no
iam_role_arn Existing IAM role ARN for the node group. Required if create_iam_role is set to false string null no
iam_role_description Description of the role string null no
iam_role_name Name to use on IAM role created string null no
iam_role_path IAM role path string null no
iam_role_permissions_boundary ARN of the policy that is used to set the permissions boundary for the IAM role string null no
iam_role_tags A map of additional tags to add to the IAM role created map(string) {} no
iam_role_use_name_prefix Determines whether the IAM role name (iam_role_name) is used as a prefix string true no
instance_market_options The market (purchasing) option for the instance any null no
instance_types Set of instance types associated with the EKS Node Group. Defaults to ["t3.medium"] list(string) null no
kernel_id The kernel ID string null no
key_name The key name that should be used for the instance(s) string null no
labels Key-value map of Kubernetes labels. Only labels that are applied with the EKS API are managed by this argument. Other Kubernetes labels applied to the EKS Node Group will not be managed map(string) null no
launch_template_default_version Default version of the launch template string null no
launch_template_description Description of the launch template string null no
launch_template_name Launch template name - either to be created (var.create_launch_template = true) or existing (var.create_launch_template = false) string "" no
launch_template_use_name_prefix Determines whether to use launch_template_name as is or create a unique name beginning with the launch_template_name as the prefix bool true no
launch_template_version Launch template version number. The default is $Default string null no
license_specifications A list of license specifications to associate with map(string) null no
max_size Maximum number of instances/nodes number 3 no
metadata_options Customize the metadata options for the instance map(string)
{
"http_endpoint": "enabled",
"http_put_response_hop_limit": 2,
"http_tokens": "required"
}
no
min_size Minimum number of instances/nodes number 0 no
name Name of the EKS managed node group string "" no
network_interfaces Customize network interfaces to be attached at instance boot time list(any) [] no
placement The placement of the instance map(string) null no
platform Identifies if the OS platform is bottlerocket or linux based; windows is not supported string "linux" no
post_bootstrap_user_data User data that is appended to the user data script after of the EKS bootstrap script. Not used when platform = bottlerocket string "" no
pre_bootstrap_user_data User data that is injected into the user data script ahead of the EKS bootstrap script. Not used when platform = bottlerocket string "" no
ram_disk_id The ID of the ram disk string null no
remote_access Configuration block with remote access settings any {} no
security_group_description Description for the security group created string "EKS managed node group security group" no
security_group_name Name to use on security group created string null no
security_group_rules List of security group rules to add to the security group created any {} no
security_group_tags A map of additional tags to add to the security group created map(string) {} no
security_group_use_name_prefix Determines whether the security group name (security_group_name) is used as a prefix string true no
subnet_ids Identifiers of EC2 Subnets to associate with the EKS Node Group. These subnets must have the following resource tag: kubernetes.io/cluster/CLUSTER_NAME list(string) null no
tags A map of tags to add to all resources map(string) {} no
taints The Kubernetes taints to be applied to the nodes in the node group. Maximum of 50 taints per node group any {} no
timeouts Create, update, and delete timeout configurations for the node group map(string) {} no
update_config Configuration block of settings for max unavailable resources during node group updates map(string) {} no
update_launch_template_default_version Whether to update the launch templates default version on each update. Conflicts with launch_template_default_version bool true no
use_name_prefix Determines whether to use name as is or create a unique name beginning with the name as the prefix bool true no
user_data_template_path Path to a local, custom user data template file to use when rendering user data string "" no
vpc_id ID of the VPC where the security group/nodes will be provisioned string null no
vpc_security_group_ids A list of security group IDs to associate list(string) [] no

Outputs

Name Description
iam_role_arn The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) specifying the IAM role
iam_role_name The name of the IAM role
iam_role_unique_id Stable and unique string identifying the IAM role
launch_template_arn The ARN of the launch template
launch_template_id The ID of the launch template
launch_template_latest_version The latest version of the launch template
node_group_arn Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the EKS Node Group
node_group_id EKS Cluster name and EKS Node Group name separated by a colon (:)
node_group_resources List of objects containing information about underlying resources
node_group_status Status of the EKS Node Group
security_group_arn Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the security group
security_group_id ID of the security group