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Expand Up @@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ The `eksctl` utility has been pre-installed in your IDE environment, so we can i
4. Add a managed node group named `default`
5. Configure the VPC CNI to use prefix delegation

Before creating the cluster, set the region to match the one you used when deploying the CloudFormation stack in the previous step. The supported regions are `us-west-2`, `eu-west-1`, and `ap-southeast-1`.

Apply the configuration file like so:

```bash
$ export EKS_CLUSTER_NAME=eks-workshop
$ export AWS_REGION=us-west-2 # Change this to match your CloudFormation stack region
$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VAR::MANIFESTS_OWNER/VAR::MANIFESTS_REPOSITORY/VAR::MANIFESTS_REF/cluster/eksctl/cluster.yaml | \
envsubst | eksctl create cluster -f -
```
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