Tag: Kubernetes

Today, we are excited to introduce the EKS Developers Workshop, a comprehensive and beginner-friendly workshop designed specifically for developers embarking on their Kubernetes and HAQM Elastic Kubernetes Service (HAQM EKS) journey. This new workshop augments the existing EKS Workshop for cluster operators by focusing on developers and the unique tools and processes they utilize in […]

Introduction AWS re:Invent 2023 is right around the corner, offering a full track of sessions focused on Kubernetes and cloud-native related topics. To help you discover and select the right sessions for you, we’ve listed the sessions below grouped by core focus area with links to the re:Invent sessions catalog. Note that it takes a […]

Introduction The adoption and large-scale growth of Kubernetes in recent years has resulted in businesses deploying multiple HAQM Elastic Kubernetes Service (HAQM EKS) clusters to support their growing number of microservice based applications. The HAQM EKS clusters are usually deployed in separate HAQM Virtual Private Clouds (HAQM VPCs) and often in separate AWS accounts. A […]

[May, 2024 – This blog has been updated to reflect Karpenter v1beta1 API changes] Introduction Karpenter is an open-source cluster autoscaler that provisions right-sized nodes in response to unschedulable pods based on aggregated CPU, memory, volume requests, and other Kubernetes scheduling constraints (e.g., affinities and pod topology spread constraints), which simplifies infrastructure management. When using […]

Introduction The HAQM Elastic Kubernetes Service (HAQM EKS) team is pleased to announce support for Kubernetes version 1.28 for HAQM EKS and HAQM EKS Distro. HAQM EKS Anywhere (release 0.18.0) also supports Kubernetes 1.28. The theme for this version was chosen as a play on words that combines plant and Kubernetes to evoke the image […]

Introduction HAQM Elastic Kubernetes Service (HAQM EKS) add-ons were originally introduced in December 2021. At launch, they provided a mechanism for installing and managing a curated set of add-ons for HAQM EKS clusters. The add-on for CoreDNS was amongst the first add-ons we released because DNS plays such a pivotal role in Kubernetes. When advanced […]

Introduction HAQM Elastic Kubernetes Service (HAQM EKS) has gained significant popularity as a managed Kubernetes service, providing a scalable and reliable platform for running containerized applications. Behind the scenes, HAQM EKS uses etcd, a distributed key-value store, to store cluster configuration, state, and metadata. In this post, we delve into the defragmentation functionality in etcd and discuss the […]

Introduction Today we are excited to announce the launch of AWS Signer Container Image Signing, a new capability that gives customers native AWS support for signing and verifying container images stored in container registries like HAQM Elastic Container Registry (HAQM ECR). AWS Signer is a fully managed code signing service to ensure trust and integrity […]

Today we’re thrilled to celebrate the 5th anniversary of HAQM Elastic Kubernetes Service (HAQM EKS), and it’s an opportune moment to reflect on our journey so far. Since its launch in 2018, HAQM EKS has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide in running resilient, secure, and scalable container-based applications. HAQM EKS, using upstream Kubernetes, […]

Introduction Container images are stored in registries and pulled into environments where they run. There are many different types of registries from private, self-run registries to public, unauthenticated registries. The registry you use is a direct dependency that can have an impact on how fast you can scale, the security of the software you run, […]