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Install the AWS Load Balancer Controller

Install the AWS Load Balancer Controller

From the course: Running Kubernetes on AWS (EKS)

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Install the AWS Load Balancer Controller

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- [Instructor] You've created a Kubernetes service account with permissions to create and use the AWS Elastic Load Balancing Service. In this video, you'll install Cert Manager and the actual AWS Load Balancer Controller which gets you a step closer to having an AWS load balancer that is connected to your EKS cluster. The AWS Load Balancer Controller manages elastic load balancers for a Kubernetes cluster. In Kubernetes, a controller is a process that runs on a loop, checking for changes and reacting as needed. The load balancer controller watches for any ingress events from the Kubernetes API server. When it sees any ingress resources that satisfy its requirements, it kicks off the creation of AWS resources. The first thing you must do is install Cert Manager. Cert Manager is a Kubernetes add-on that simplifies the creation and management of TLS certificates, which are required to enable https. The AWS Load Balancer…

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