Setting up Spinnaker in an AWS EKS cluster using Helm

Setting up a production-grade Spinnaker cluster requires some careful planning, but for learning purposes, we are going to use one of the simplified approaches. The complete Spinnaker setup guide can be found at https://www.spinnaker.io/setup/.

In order to demonstrate the proof of concept of using Spinnaker, we are going to use the Helm Chart found at the following link to deploy Spinnaker:

https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/spinnaker

The Spinnaker Helm Chart warns against production use

Although this Helm Chart states that it is not suitable for production use, we can use it to demonstrate the proof of concept for building, testing, and deploying applications. The Spinnaker setup guide gives guidance for setting up production-grade Spinnaker systems. Most importantly, that includes making the Spinnaker installation separate from the cluster that also hosts the applications that end users consume. We are...