There are several options to roll your own Kubernetes cluster. In addition to provisioning on managed infrastructure, you can also create a managed cluster that is integrated with a particular cloud environment, enabling you to use other services and concepts from the cloud environment.
This article is a hands-on tutorial to setup the Kubernetes platform Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) on AWS. Step-by-step, you will learn how to download the required binaries, get the AWS authorization, draft a EKS configuration, and the cluster installation procedure. You will also see how to access the cluster with both kubectl and SSH and learn how to perform a cluster update.