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A Beginner's Guide to AWS IAM Authenticator
Introduction
AWS IAM Authenticator for Kubernetes is a command-line tool that helps manage cluster access authentication for Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS).
By leveraging IAM Authenticator, users can authenticate against their AWS IAM credentials and seamlessly utilize the powerful capabilities of EKS. This simplifies the authentication process and helps maintain a secure and manageable environment for Kubernetes clusters.
In this article, we will learn more about the AWS IAM Authenticator and how to use it.
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Kubectl: What is the difference between a context and a cluster?
Introduction
In this article, we will learn the difference between a context and a cluster in Kubernetes.
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How to store a file in SSM Parameter Store using AWS CLI?
Introduction
AWS Systems Manager (SSM) is a collection of capabilities that helps you automate management tasks such as collecting system inventory, applying operating system (OS) patches, automating the creation of Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), and configuring operating systems (OSs) and applications at scale.
SSM provides a Parameter Store that allows you to store configuration data and secure strings. You can store up to 10,000 parameters per region. You can store up to 4 KB of data for each parameter.
In this tutorial, we will look at how to store a file in SSM Parameter Store using AWS CLI.
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How to retrieve AWS EC2 Instance Metadata using Python
Introduction
Instance metadata is a set of information about the instance that is available to the instance itself. Instance metadata is available from within the instance and is used to configure and manage the running instance.
In this tutorial, we will look at how to retrieve the instance metadata using Python.
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AWS ECR CLI: How to get the latest image?
Introduction
In this tutorial, we will look at how to retrieve the latest image in an AWS ECR repository.
ecr describe-images
describe-images
command returns the metadata about the images in a repository. The fields returned by this command are listed in the CLI reference doc. We will use theimagePushedAt
field to determine the newest images in the repository. The description of the field is as follows:The date and time, expressed in standard JavaScript date format, at which the current image was pushed to the repository.
Note: the describe-images API is paginated. If you want to disable pagination, use the
--no-paginate
argument.