How can I set a Route53 record as an alias for EKS load balancer?

Question

I set an EKS cluster using Terraform. I try to set Route53 record to map my domain name, to the load balancer of my cluster.

I set my EKS cluster:

resource "aws_eks_cluster" "main" {
  name     = "${var.project}-cluster"
  role_arn = aws_iam_role.cluster.arn
  version  = "1.24"

  vpc_config {
    subnet_ids              = flatten([aws_subnet.public[*].id, aws_subnet.private[*].id])
    endpoint_private_access = true
    endpoint_public_access  = true
    public_access_cidrs     = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
  }

  tags = merge(
    var.tags,
    {
      Stack = "backend"
      Name  = "${var.project}-eks-cluster",
    }
  )

  depends_on = [
    aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.cluster_AmazonEKSClusterPolicy
  ]
}

And I have created the following k8s service:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
    name: backend-service
spec:
    selector:
        app: dashboard-backend
    type: LoadBalancer
    ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: '$PORT'
          targetPort: '$PORT'

As far as I know, once I deploy a k8s service, AWS automatically generates an ALB resource for my service. So, I set this route53 sources:

resource "aws_route53_zone" "primary" {
  name = var.domain_name

  tags = merge(
    var.tags,
    {
      Name = "${var.project}-Route53-zone",
    }
  )
}

data "kubernetes_service" "backend" {
  metadata {
    name = "backend-service"
  }
}


resource "aws_route53_record" "backend_record" {
  zone_id = aws_route53_zone.primary.zone_id
  name    = "www.api"
  type    = "A"
  ttl     = "300"

  alias {
    name                   = data.kubernetes_service.backend.status.0.load_balancer.0.ingress.0.hostname
    zone_id                = ??????
    evaluate_target_health = true
  }
}

I did get the load balancer host name using data.kube.netes_service.backend.status.0.load_balancer.0.ingress.0.hostname , but how can I get its zone ID to use in zone_id key?

Answer 1

You can get the ELB-hosted Zone Id using the data source aws_elb_hosted_zone_id , as it only depends on the region where you created this ELB. Technically you can hardcode this value also because these are static values on a regional basis.

Official AWS Documentation on Elastic Load Balancing endpoints

resource "aws_route53_zone" "primary" {
  name = var.domain_name

  tags = merge(
    var.tags,
    {
      Name = "${var.project}-Route53-zone",
    }
  )
}

data "kubernetes_service" "backend" {
  metadata {
    name = "backend-service"
  }
}

## Add data source ## 
data "aws_elb_hosted_zone_id" "this" {}
### This will use your aws provider-level region config otherwise mention explicitly.

resource "aws_route53_record" "backend_record" {
  zone_id = aws_route53_zone.primary.zone_id
  name    = "www.api"
  type    = "A"
  ttl     = "300"

  alias {
    name                   = data.kubernetes_service.backend.status.0.load_balancer.0.ingress.0.hostname
    zone_id                = data.aws_elb_hosted_zone_id.this.id ## Updated ##
    evaluate_target_health = true
  }
}

Out of your question scope, even though hopefully this may work but I would also suggest you look into external-dns for managing DNS with EKS.