EKS Cluster with Managed Node Groups
Opinionated EKS cluster with node groups, core add-ons, Pod Identity, and KMS secret encryption.
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Part of: AWS Container Platform (EKS)
Verification
Live-testedReally deployed to a cloud sandbox, verified against its outputs and assertions, then destroyed - with the teardown confirmed.
Conformance
- Static validation (fmt · validate · tflint)
- Security scan clean (Checkov)
- Plan test superseded by live test
Provenance
- SHA-256 checksum
- Cosign signature
Functional
- Live-tested - applied, verified, destroyed
Last verified 2026-06-29 · how we verify
Verify this download
cosign · sha-256Don't take our word for it. Every release is signed with cosign - check the bytes against our pinned public key before you trust them.
# 1. Our pinned public key - fetch once, trust out-of-band
curl -O https://www.iac-bazaar.com/cosign.pub
# 2. This module's Sigstore bundle
curl -o aws-eks-1.0.0.sigstore.json \
https://www.iac-bazaar.com/api/artifacts/aws-eks/signature
# 3. Verify the tarball you downloaded
cosign verify-blob \
--key cosign.pub \
--bundle aws-eks-1.0.0.sigstore.json \
aws-eks-1.0.0.tar.gz
# → Verified OK
# 4. (optional) confirm the checksum too
echo "e1cdbbc17cdfafaba4928ef2d29ee590359b3687f3b5d390832f1c8e20dea334 aws-eks-1.0.0.tar.gz" | sha256sum -cUse it from the registry
terraform · opentofumodule "eks" {
source = "www.iac-bazaar.com/iac-bazaar/aws-eks/aws"
version = "1.0.0"
}Needs a registry token from /account/tokens. The module itself is free; the account is what identifies you. Full setup: registry docs.
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```hcl
module "eks" {
source = "www.iac-bazaar.com/iac-bazaar/aws-eks/aws"
version = "1.0.0"
}
```Preview:
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aws-eks
Opinionated EKS cluster with managed node groups, core add-ons, EKS Pod
Identity, and KMS secret encryption. Works with Terraform and OpenTofu
(>= 1.6), AWS provider >= 6.0, < 7.0.
Secure defaults:
- KMS envelope encryption of Kubernetes secrets (dedicated rotation-enabled key created unless you bring your own)
- Private API endpoint always enabled; public endpoint CIDR-restrictable or off
- Control-plane logging (
api,audit,authenticator) to a retention-managed CloudWatch log group - Modern
APIauthentication mode (access entries) andSTANDARDupgrade policy (no surprise extended-support billing) - No SSH/remote access to nodes; least-privilege cluster and node IAM roles
- Default add-on set includes
eks-pod-identity-agent, so Pod Identity associations work out of the box
Requirements
- Terraform or OpenTofu
>= 1.6 - AWS provider
>= 6.0, < 7.0 - An existing VPC with private subnets in at least two AZs (pair with the
aws-vpcmodule)
License
Commercial — IaC Bazaar EULA. © IaC Bazaar. Original work (not derived from a third-party module).
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