About Amazon EKS

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service was launched in 2018 to provide a fully managed Kubernetes experience on AWS. It runs the open source Kubernetes software, giving you the flexibility to take advantage of Kubernetes community tools and plugins while benefiting from AWS reliability and security.

Key Features

• Managed Control Plane • AWS operates and maintains Kubernetes control plane nodes across multiple availability zones
• AWS Integration • Native support for IAM authentication, VPC networking, ALB ingress, EBS volumes, and EFS storage
• Automatic Updates • Control plane version upgrades and security patches managed by AWS with minimal downtime
• Multiple Compute Options • Run workloads on managed node groups, Fargate serverless, or self managed EC2 instances
• Add-ons Management • Simplified installation and updates for common Kubernetes add-ons like CoreDNS and kube-proxy

Use Cases

EKS powers microservices architectures, machine learning workloads, batch processing, hybrid deployments, and enterprise application modernization. Organizations choose EKS for its operational simplicity, AWS integration, and upstream Kubernetes compatibility.

QR Code Applications

Place QR codes in incident response playbooks to provide quick cluster access, embed codes in monitoring displays for mobile troubleshooting, or include them in onboarding documentation to help new team members access Kubernetes resources quickly.