Kubernetes on HAQM EC2 (“DIY K8s”)

Since you selected "I need to customized how the Kubernetes control plane is configured” we recommend Kubernetes on HAQM EC2 (“DIY K8s”) as the best place for you to start. 

Kubernetes is open-source software that allows you to deploy and manage containerized applications at scale. You can choose to manage Kubernetes infrastructure yourself with HAQM EC2 or get an automatically provisioned, managed Kubernetes control plane with HAQM EKS. Either way, you get powerful, community-backed integrations to AWS services like HAQM Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), and service discovery as well as the security, scalability, and high-availability of AWS. Self-managing Kubernetes requires extensive resources and knowledge and is not common among most organizations. The majority of the organizations tend to leave this burden to AWS and adopt HAQM EKS.

We strongly recommend against DIY K8s. Running Kubernetes on HAQM EC2 requires a dedicated developer team and resources. Most organizations would rather spend resources on innovating rather than maintaining so it’s recommended to consider HAQM EKS if you run Kubernetes rather than running Kubernetes yourself on HAQM EC2.

While this is our recommended starting point, other services could also suit your needs and you can always try a different service if your use case changes or if Kubernetes on HAQM EC2 (“DIY K8s”) does not seem optimal for your use case.