Chapter 3: Provisioning Kubernetes Clusters Using AWS and Terraform

In the previous chapter, we learned about Kubernetes clusters and infrastructure design and how to create a deployment architecture to fulfill best practices and standards. There are multiple alternatives when it comes to designing and building your Kubernetes platform. Choosing the solution that works for your use case and satisfies goals in terms of production readiness is not an easy task. There are still challenges and limitations for Kubernetes, the underlying technologies, and the surrounding ecosystem.

In this chapter, we will go through the detailed implementation of the infrastructure design. Basically, we will learn how to create the Kubernetes infrastructure declaratively with Terraform. While provisioning the infrastructure, we will learn about implementation best practices, such as the encapsulation of infrastructure components into reusable modules, separating Kubernetes clusters per environment without...