This project demonstrates how to deploy a simple REST API application to an Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) cluster on AWS.

• An AWS account with appropriate permissions.
• AWS CLI installed and configured.
• Docker installed on your local machine.
• Kubectl installed on your local machine.

The application in this project is a simple REST API that returns a JSON payload with a message and a timestamp.

Follow these steps to run the application on an AWS EKS cluster:

git clone https://github.com/fashinadolapo/python-app.git
cd your-repo-directory

Build the Docker image for the application:

docker build -t fashinadolapo/python-app:v1 .

Create an Amazon EKS cluster using the AWS CLI. Replace placeholders with your specific configuration:

eksctl create cluster --name saint-cluster --region eu-west-2 --nodegroup-name standard-workers --node-type t2-micro --nodes 3

Apply the Kubernetes deployment and service configuration to your EKS cluster:

kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml

To find the external IP of the service:

kubectl get service saint-service

You can access the REST API using the provided IP address.

To delete the AWS EKS cluster and associated resources, use the AWS CLI:

eksctl delete cluster --name saint-cluster- --region eu-west-2