Unable to make ssh connection to EKS worker nodes

[HughWilliams]

Attempting to make a ssh connection to my EKS worker nodes is failing with the error:

$ kubectl plugin ssh ip-192-168-107-182.ec2.internal -i ~/certificates/MY-KEYPAIR.pem 
MissingParameter: status
SSHing into Worker Node with IP: The
code:
ssh: Could not resolve hostname the: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
Can't SSH
error: exit status 1
$

Why does the kubectl ssh plugin think the Worker Node name or IP is "The" ???

[nithu0115]

@HughWilliams - I apologize for the delay in responding back on the issue.

Could you please run kubectl describe node <node name> and post me the output. It looks like IP which is fetched is returning "The"

[ankon]

The problem here is that the kubernetes version is "too new" (1.11+): The script_ssh.sh script depends on .spec.externalID, which was deprecated and now got removed.

Kubelets will no longer set externalID in their node spec. This feature has been deprecated since v1.1. (#61877, @mikedanese)

(https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG-1.11.md#kubernetes-111-release-notes, kubernetes/kubernetes#61877)