Amazon EKS

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is a fully managed Kubernetes service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It simplifies the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications using Kubernetes.

Key Features

• Managed Kubernetes Control Plane: AWS EKS provides a fully managed Kubernetes control plane, eliminating the need for you to manage the control plane components.
• Scalability and Availability: EKS automatically scales the Kubernetes control plane and can distribute it across multiple Availability Zones for high availability.
• Integrations: EKS seamlessly integrates with other AWS services, including Elastic Load Balancing, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon VPC, and more.
• Security: EKS follows AWS security best practices, and you can leverage IAM for Kubernetes RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) to control access to your clusters.
• Patch Management: EKS handles patching of the Kubernetes control plane for you, ensuring that it stays up to date and secure.

Use Cases

Amazon EKS is commonly used for the following purposes:

• Containerized Application Orchestration: Deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes.
• Microservices Architectures: Implement microservices-based architectures using Kubernetes to improve scalability and maintainability.
• Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Deployments: Run consistent Kubernetes workloads across on-premises environments and different cloud providers.
• DevOps and CI/CD: Integrate EKS with CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and scaling of containerized applications.

Amazon EKS simplifies the process of running Kubernetes on AWS, providing a scalable and highly available platform for container orchestration.