ci: fix aws eks cluster creation

Signed-off-by: Anish Ramasekar <anish.ramasekar@gmail.com>

Makefile

@@ -92,13 +92,12 @@ KIND := kind
 KUBECTL := kubectl
 ENVSUBST := envsubst
 EKSCTL := eksctl
-AWS_CLI := aws
 YQ := yq
 
 # Test variables
 KIND_VERSION ?= 0.13.0
-KUBERNETES_VERSION ?= 1.23.5
-KUBECTL_VERSION ?= 1.23.5
+KUBERNETES_VERSION ?= 1.24.0
+KUBECTL_VERSION ?= 1.24.0
 BATS_VERSION ?= 1.4.1
 TRIVY_VERSION ?= 0.24.4
 PROTOC_VERSION ?= 3.15.2

test/scripts/initialize_eks_cluster.bash

@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@
 EKS_CLUSTER_NAME=$1
 IMAGE_VERSION=$2
 
+install_aws_cli() {
+    curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
+    unzip awscliv2.zip > /dev/null 2>&1 
+    ./aws/install
+    aws --version
+}
+
+# install the latest aws-cli
+install_aws_cli
+# log the kubectl version
+kubectl version --client=true
+
 if [ -z "$AWS_REGION" ]; then
     AWS_REGION="us-west-2"
 fi
@@ -41,7 +53,9 @@ if [ -z "$RELEASE" ]; then
     docker push $CRD_IMAGE_TAG
 fi
 
-eksctl create cluster --name $EKS_CLUSTER_NAME --node-type m5.large --region $AWS_REGION 
+eksctl create cluster --name $EKS_CLUSTER_NAME --node-type m5.large --region $AWS_REGION
+# update kubeconfig for https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/issues/6920
+aws eks update-kubeconfig --name $EKS_CLUSTER_NAME --region $AWS_REGION
 eksctl utils associate-iam-oidc-provider --name $EKS_CLUSTER_NAME --approve --region $AWS_REGION
 eksctl create iamserviceaccount \
      --name $AWS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME \