Minimal EKS cluster CloudFormation template

amazon-eks-controlplane.template.yaml

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: "Deploys the EKS control plane"
Parameters:
  VPCID:
    Description: ID of your existing VPC for deployment
    Type: AWS::EC2::VPC::Id
  SubnetIds:
    Type: List<AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id>
  KubernetesVersion:
    Type: String
    AllowedValues: [ "1.15", "1.14", "1.13" ]
    Default: "1.15"
Resources:
  ControlPlaneSecurityGroup:
    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
    Properties:
      GroupDescription: Cluster communication
      VpcId: !Ref VPCID
  ControlPlaneRole:
    Type: "AWS::IAM::Role"
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
        Version: 2012-10-17
        Statement:
          - Effect: Allow
            Principal:
              Service: eks.amazonaws.com
            Action: sts:AssumeRole
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - !Sub 'arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSClusterPolicy'
        - !Sub 'arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSServicePolicy'
  EKSControlPlane:
    Type: "AWS::EKS::Cluster"
    Properties:
      ResourcesVpcConfig:
        SecurityGroupIds:
          - !Ref ControlPlaneSecurityGroup
        SubnetIds: !Ref SubnetIds
      RoleArn: !GetAtt ControlPlaneRole.Arn
      Version: !Ref KubernetesVersion
Outputs:
  ClusterArn:
    Value: !GetAtt EKSControlPlane.Arn
  ClusterCAData:
    Value: !GetAtt EKSControlPlane.CertificateAuthorityData
  ClusterEndpoint:
    Value: !GetAtt EKSControlPlane.Endpoint
  ClusterName:
    Value: !Ref EKSControlPlane
  ControlPlaneSecurityGroup:
    Value: !Ref ControlPlaneSecurityGroup