Hands-On Workshop for Platform Engineers: End-to-End Secure Deployment of an App on EKS with Port and Akeyless

Objective

Discover how Port and Akeyless work together to simplify and secure your deployment processes. In this workshop, you’ll build robust templates for developers to provision AWS EKS clusters and deploy applications, using the powerful capabilities of Port’s Internal Developer Portal and Akeyless’s cutting-edge secrets management.

Duration

2 hours

Workshop Highlights

• Introduction: Overall purpose of this workshop.
• Create Akeyless Gateway and Dynamic Secret: Step-by-step guide to creating an Akeyless Gateway and AWS Dynamic Secret.
• Deploy EKS Cluster: Set up GitHub Actions to use Terraform to create an EKS cluster and dynamically retrieve AWS credentials from Akeyless.
• Connect to EKS Cluster: Use AWS CLI to connect to the newly created EKS cluster.
• Wrap-Up and Q&A: Summary of key steps and learnings, open floor for questions.

Technologies Involved and How We Will Use Them

• Port: Your go-to Internal Developer Portal for simplified EKS cluster provisioning and application templates.
• Akeyless: A robust secrets management platform that provides dynamic, secure access to AWS and eliminates secret zero.
• Terraform: Infrastructure as Code to automate EKS cluster creation.
• GitHub Actions: Automate CI/CD processes with integrated secrets management.
• AWS: Cloud Platform for robust, scalable application deployments.

Prerequisites

• AWS account provided by TeKanAid.
• Cloud development environment set up by TeKanAid.
• Zoom access for a smooth workshop experience.
• Free Accounts: GitHub, Akeyless, and Port.
• Basic knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, and Docker.

What You Will Learn

• Secure AWS credentials dynamically with Akeyless.
• Leverage Port for seamless EKS provisioning and developer-friendly app scaffolding.
• Set up secure CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions integrated with Akeyless.
• Best practices for deploying applications to AWS EKS clusters with Port.

Why Attend?

• Port: Empower your developers with self-service EKS provisioning while ensuring templates follow best practices.
• Akeyless: Securely manage secrets, protect against breaches, and simplify secrets access across your infrastructure.

Join us to see how Port and Akeyless can revolutionize your approach to secure, efficient deployments!

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