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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

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Since you selected "I would like to use a managed Kubernetes service” we recommend Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) as the best place for you to start. 

What is Amazon EKS? 

Amazon EKS is a managed Kubernetes service to run Kubernetes in the AWS cloud and on-premises data centers. In the cloud, Amazon EKS automatically manages the availability and scalability of the Kubernetes control plane nodes responsible for scheduling containers, managing application availability, storing cluster data, and other key tasks.

Why are we recommending Amazon EKS? 

Amazon EKS is the most trusted way to start, run, and scale Kubernetes. EKS is a managed Kubernetes service that makes it easy for you to run Kubernetes on AWS and on-premises. EKS lets you run your Kubernetes applications on both Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and AWS Fargate. With Amazon EKS, you can take advantage of all the performance, scale, reliability, and availability of AWS infrastructure, as well as integrations with AWS networking and security services. On-premises, EKS provides a consistent, fully-supported Kubernetes solution with integrated tooling and simple deployment to AWS Outposts, virtual machines, or bare metal servers.

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 Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) does not seem optimal for your use case. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Amazon EKS can be used with container images (i.e., registry repo image).
With Amazon EKS Anywhere, our on-premises Kubernetes offering, you can easily create and operate Kubernetes clusters (building with the software in Amazon EKS Distro) on-premises, including on your own virtual machines (VMs) and bare metal servers. AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to virtually any connected site. With Amazon EKS on Outposts, you can manage containers on-premises with the same ease as you manage your containers in the cloud. You can use Amazon EKS on AWS Outposts to run containerized applications requiring particularly low latencies to on-premises systems.
Amazon EKS supports front end services (html/JavaScript), web services (request-response), back-end workers (queues), batch jobs, AI/ML, and stateful services (databases).
For information on Amazon EKS pricing, please visit Amazon EKS Pricing.
Yes, specifically for organizations that run Kubernetes and want a managed orchestrator.