cdk8s + EKS = ❤️

cdk8s-eks.ts

import * as eks from '@aws-cdk/aws-eks';
import * as iam from '@aws-cdk/aws-iam';
import * as cdk8s from 'cdk8s';
import { Construct, Stack, StackProps } from '@aws-cdk/core';

import * as k8s from '../imports/k8s';

export class TestClusterStack extends Stack {
  constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props?: StackProps) {
    super(scope, id, props);

    const role = new iam.Role(this, 'Admin', {
      assumedBy: new iam.AccountRootPrincipal()
    });

    const cluster = new eks.Cluster(this, 'TestCluster', { mastersRole: role });

    const chart = new MyChart(this, 'HelloChart');
    cluster.addResource('HelloChart', ...chart.toJson());
  }
}

class MyChart extends cdk8s.Chart {
  constructor(scope: Construct, id: string) {
    super(scope, id);

    const selector = { app: 'hello-kubernetes' };

    new k8s.Service(this, 'service', {
      spec: {
        type: 'LoadBalancer',
        ports: [ { port: 80, targetPort: k8s.IntOrString.fromNumber(8080) } ],
        selector: selector
      }
    });

    new k8s.Deployment(this, 'deployment', {
      spec: {
        replicas: 3,
        selector: {
          matchLabels: selector
        },
        template: {
          metadata: {
            labels: selector
          },
          spec: {
            containers: [
              { name: 'app', image: 'paulbouwer/hello-kubernetes:1.7', ports: [ { containerPort: 8080 }]}
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    });
  }
}