Amazon EKS — Terraform for EKS

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform is the production-standard way to manage EKS clusters — repeatable, reviewable, and version-controlled.

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Topics Covered

#	Topic	Description
1	Project Structure	Modules, environments, state management
2	VPC Module	Network foundation for EKS
3	EKS Cluster Module	Control plane and node groups
4	Add-ons & IRSA Module	EKS add-ons and IAM roles for service accounts
5	Complete Working Example	Full end-to-end Terraform project
6	Hands-On Lab	Deploy a production EKS cluster
7	Practice Questions	Test your Terraform EKS knowledge

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Why Terraform for EKS?

Approach	Pros	Cons
Console	Quick start, visual	Not repeatable, no audit trail
eksctl	EKS-specific, simple	Limited customization, vendor-specific
CloudFormation	AWS-native, free	Verbose, AWS-only
Terraform	Multi-cloud, modular, large community	Learning curve, state management

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