Question: How can I troubleshoot errors in my Amazon EKS environment after I create a cluster?

I get errors in my Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) environment after I create a cluster.

Short descriptionYou can use the AWSPremiumSupport-TroubleshootEKSCluster automation workflow to troubleshoot common errors with your Amazon EKS environment. The workflow provides a detailed report that lists errors, warnings, and links to Amazon Web Services (AWS) recommended best practices.Note: To use the AWSPremiumSupport-TroubleshootEKSCluster automation workflow, you must be subscribed to an Enterprise or Business Support plan.You can use the AWSPremiumSupport-TroubleshootEKSCluster automation workflow if you experience any of these issues:Your Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler isn't working.Your internal load balancer doesn't get created in private or public subnets.You don't know if your worker nodes are using the latest Amazon Machine Image (AMI).You get access denied errors in your aws-node pods.You can't pull Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) images.Your managed nodes don't stabilize, or your self-managed nodes don't join a cluster.The AWSPremiumSupport-TroubleshootEKSCluster automation workflow runs these checks:Checks Auto Scaling groups for the Cluster AutoScaler subnet tags for internal and internet-facing load balancers and worker security groups.Important: If you have more than one security group associated to your worker nodes, then you must apply a tag to one of your security groups. Set the key of the tag to kubernetes.io/cluster/your-cluster-name. Set the value to owned. This tag is optional if you have only one security group associated to your worker nodes.Checks worker nodes for the latest AMI.Checks security group rules for minimum and recommended settings. For example, the workflow checks for ingress and egress from the cluster's security group (that is, all security groups attached to the cluster) and from the worker security group.Checks custom network access control list (network ACL) configurations.Checks AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies on worker nodes, including the AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy and AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly policies.Checks if worker nodes can connect to the internet by checking the route tables of the subnets where they're located.

ResolutionMake your worker nodes discoverableTo make your work nodes discoverable, use the AWSPremiumSupport-TroubleshootEKSCluster automation workflow and your Amazon EKS cluster:1.    Open the Amazon EC2 console.2.    On the navigation pane, choose Instances.3.    Select the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances for your worker nodes, and then choose the Tags tab.4.    Choose Add/Edit Tags.5.    For Key, enter kubernetes.io/cluster/your-cluster-name. For Value, enter 'owned'/ 'shared'.6.    Choose Save.The AWSPremiumSupport-TroubleshootEKSCluster automation workflow runs with the following policy. This policy must include minimum permissions to access the cluster. The cluster can be accessed only by AutomationAssumeRole.{  "Version": "2012-10-17",  "Statement": [    {      "Sid": "AWSPremiumSupportTroubleshootEKSCluster",      "Effect": "Allow",      "Action": [        "eks:ListNodegroups",        "eks:DescribeCluster",        "eks:DescribeNodegroup",        "iam:GetInstanceProfile",        "iam:ListInstanceProfiles",        "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies",        "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",        "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes",        "ec2:DescribeInstances",        "ec2:DescribeNatGateways",        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",        "ec2:DescribeNetworkAcls",        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables"      ],      "Resource": "*"    },    {      "Sid": "GetPublicSSMParams",      "Effect": "Allow",      "Action": "ssm:GetParameter",      "Resource": [        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/aws/service/eks/optimized-ami/*/amazon-linux-2/recommended/image_id",        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/aws/service/ami-windows-latest/Windows_Server-2019-English-Core-EKS_Optimized-*/image_id",        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/aws/service/ami-windows-latest/Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-EKS_Optimized-*/image_id",        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/aws/service/ami-windows-latest/Windows_Server-1909-English-Core-EKS_Optimized-*/image_id",        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/aws/service/eks/optimized-ami/*/amazon-linux-2-gpu/recommended/image_id"      ]    },    {      "Sid": "UploadObjectToS3",      "Effect": "Allow",      "Action": [        "s3:GetBucketPolicyStatus",        "s3:GetBucketAcl",        "s3:PutObject"      ],      "Resource": [        "<BUCKET_ARN>",        "<BUCKET_ARN>/AWSPremiumSupport-TroubleshootEKSCluster-*"      ]    }  ]}Run the automation workflow from the AWS Systems Manager console1.    Open the Systems Manager console.2.    In the navigation pane, choose Automation.Note: If the Systems Manager homepage opens first, choose the menu icon to open the navigation pane, and then choose Automation.3.    Choose Execute automation.4.    In the Automation document search box, enter AWSPremiumSupport-TroubleshootEKSCluster, and then press Enter.5.    From the search results, select AWSPremiumSupport-TroubleshootEKSCluster.Note: The document owner is Amazon.6.    In the Document description tab, verify that Document version is set to Default version at runtime.7.    Choose Next.8.    In the Execute automation document section, choose Simple execution.9.    In the Input parameters section, set the following parameters:Set ClusterName to the name of the cluster. This cluster must be running in your AWS account.Set AutomationAssumeRole to the IAM role that you want to use for the workflow.(Optional) If required, set BucketName to the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket where you want to upload the report.Note: It you want to specify the AutomationAssumeRole, create an IAM role and S3 bucket that apply to the policy. Then, upload the report to your own S3 bucket ( BucketName) for the SSM automation.10.    Choose Execute.11.    To monitor the progress, choose the running Automation, and then choose the Steps tab.12.    When the process is finished, choose the Descriptions tab, and then choose View output to view the results.Note: The results appear as a report that lists all the errors and warnings for your cluster.Run the automation workflow from the AWS CLINote: If you receive errors when running AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) commands, make sure that you’re using the most recent AWS CLI version. Create an IAM role and S3 bucket that apply to the policy if you would like to specify AutomationAssumeRole and upload report to your own S3 bucket ( S3BucketName) for running the automation workflow.If you want the report in an S3 bucket, run this command:aws ssm start-automation-execution --document-name "AWSPremiumSupport-TroubleshootEKSCluster" --document-version "\$DEFAULT" --parameters '{"ClusterName":["your-eks-cluster"],"AutomationAssumeRole":["arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/eks-troubleshooter-role"],"S3BucketName":["your_bucket"]}' --region your_regionIf you don't want to upload the report to an S3 bucket, run this command:aws ssm start-automation-execution --document-name "AWSPremiumSupport-TroubleshootEKSCluster" --document-version "\$DEFAULT" --parameters '{"ClusterName":["your-eks-cluster"],"AutomationAssumeRole":["arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/eks-troubleshooter-role"]}' --region your_region