How to Resolve Malfunction of EKS Cluster Turn-Off/On Tag

Resolution :- 

In order to edit/update the tags, I used the Tag editor- https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/resource-groups/tag-editor/find-resources?region=us-east-1

I performed the following steps to apply the changes to the tags after opening the Tag Editor-

1. select the region of the cluster
2. select AWS::EKS::Cluster
3. select "Search resources"
4. select the checkbox of the required cluster in "Resource search results" section
5. select "Manage tags of selected resources"
6. In the "Edit tags of all selected resources" section, make the required changes and select "Review and apply tag changes"

After a couple of minutes, go back to the EKS console, select the refresh button and I saw that the "turnoff" tag was set to false or true based on if you want to turn on/off the cluster.. Let me know if you are able to make the changes using the above steps.

The current functionality of Manage Tags on AWS EKS console includes only Adding and Removing tags. Rest assured, I provided the feedback to the internal team about the edit/update functionality feature for Tags on EKS console and they are looking into it.

For now, I recommend you to use the Tag Editor service in the AWS Management Console to edit/update the tags, which provides a unified way to manage your tags-[2]

References

[1]https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/resource-groups/tag-editor/find-resources?region=us-east-1

[2]https://docs.aws.amazon.com/tag-editor/latest/userguide/tag-editor.html

The purpose of this on/off  is to save cost for example on weekend when no one using your preprod environment eks clusters.

##Do not do this in production Environment #####