In this article, I’ll walk you through how I deployed the classic 2048 puzzle game on Amazon EKS using AWS Fargate, an ALB Ingress Controller, and Kubernetes best practices. This hands-on project gave me practical experience with Kubernetes on the cloud and AWS infrastructure automation.

🚀 Project Overview

The goal of this project was to:

Set up a serverless Kubernetes cluster using Amazon EKS and AWS Fargate.
Deploy the 2048 game app in a Kubernetes namespace.
Use AWS Load Balancer Controller for external traffic routing via an Application Load Balancer.
Expose the game through a public DNS URL.

By completing this, I gained a solid understanding of how containerized applications can be managed and scaled using Kubernetes and AWS services.

🧱 Project Modules Breakdown

🔹 Module 1: Install EKS with Fargate

Set up an EKS cluster in us-east-1 region using eksctl with Fargate enabled, enabling serverless pod hosting.

🔹 Module 2: Deploy 2048 App

Created a Fargate profile and deployed the 2048 game app in a separate namespace using a sample YAML manifest.

🔹 Module 3: Configure IAM OIDC Provider

Configured IAM OIDC provider to enable secure communication between Kubernetes service accounts and AWS IAM roles.

🔹 Module 4: Set Up ALB Ingress Controller

Created IAM policies and service accounts, then installed the AWS Load Balancer Controller using Helm charts to allow traffic routing.

🔹 Module 5: Results and Access

The 2048 game is publicly accessible via a DNS URL assigned by the Application Load Balancer. A firewall rule was configured to allow access (shown with a screenshot).

🔗 DNS Result

After deployment, the 2048 game was accessible at:

CopyEditk8s-game2048-ingress2-bcac0b5b37-1715446488.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com

I was able to play the game directly in the browser — fully running on Kubernetes and AWS! 🎯

📸 Screenshots

Here are some visuals from the project

DNS access confirmation
Game interface live in the browser

📚 What I Learned

✅ Managing Kubernetes clusters using eksctl
✅ Deploying workloads using YAML manifests
✅ Using Fargate for serverless pod execution
✅ Configuring IAM roles & policies securely
✅ Setting up ALB Ingress Controllers with Helm
✅ Exposing apps using DNS in a Kubernetes-native way

📌 Final Thoughts

This project not only helped me understand the core concepts of Kubernetes on AWS, but also gave me the confidence to build and deploy real-world applications using cloud-native tools.

👉 If you want to check the full project with all source files and instructions, you can go through this link:
🔗 https://github.com/sowmyavallepu/Kubernetes_Project_on_EKS

🎮 Deploying the Classic 2048 Game on Amazon EKS with AWS Fargate & ALB Ingress Controller