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AWS EKS Walkthrough

Git

Progress checklist

Git is used throughout this walkthrough to clone the Terraform infrastructure repo and, in the Platform batch, to work with GitOps manifests that ArgoCD syncs to the cluster. Install it, set your identity, and clone the infra repo before moving to the Networking batch.

  1. Install Git. Required

    macOS ships with a system Git, but Homebrew’s version is kept up to date:

    Terminal window
    brew install git

    Verify:

    Terminal window
    git --version

  2. Configure your identity.

    Git requires a name and email for commits. This matters if you push any changes later (e.g. to your own fork of the Terraform repo or a GitOps repo).

    Terminal window
    git config --global user.name "Your Name"
    git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

    Confirm the settings:

    Terminal window
    git config --global --list

  3. Clone the Terraform infrastructure repo. Required

    The Terraform code for this walkthrough lives in a separate repository. Clone it into your workspace directory.

    Terminal window
    cd ~/workspace
    git clone https://github.com/jajera/aws-eks-terraform.git
    cd aws-eks-terraform

    Confirm the clone worked:

    Terminal window
    ls

    You should see directories like modules/, walkthrough/, and files like README.md.

  4. Optional: use SSH instead of HTTPS.

    If you have an SSH key configured with GitHub, use SSH to avoid entering your credentials on every git pull:

    Terminal window
    git clone git@github.com:jajera/aws-eks-terraform.git

    To set up an SSH key: GitHub docs — generating a new SSH key.

  5. Verify the remote.

    Terminal window
    git remote -v

    Expected output:

    origin  https://github.com/jajera/aws-eks-terraform.git (fetch)
    origin  https://github.com/jajera/aws-eks-terraform.git (push)

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