Accessing PPC using a Linux machine

Before you begin

Ensure that the following prerequisites are met.

• A Linux machine is available and running.
• AWS CLI is installed and configured.
• Kubernetes command-line tool is installed.

Perform the following steps to access PPC using a separate Linux machine.

1. Log in to Linux machine with root credentials.

2. Configure AWS credentials, using the following command.

   aws configure
   

3. Verify that AWS credentials are working, using the following command.

   aws sts get-caller-identity
   

4. If the Kubernetes command-line tool is not available, then install the Kubernetes command-line tool, using the following command.

   kubectl version --client 2>/dev/null || {
    echo "Installing kubectl..."
    curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
    chmod +x kubectl
    sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/
    kubectl version --client
   }
   

5. Set up the Kubernetes command-line tool and access the cluster, using the following command.

   aws eks update-kubeconfig --region <region_name> --name <cluster_name>
   

6. Verify the access to the cluster, using the following command.

   kubectl get nodes