Containers

Category: Announcements

Amazon EKS enhances Kubernetes control plane observability

Introduction Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (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. However, maintaining […]

Amazon EKS now supports Amazon Application Recovery Controller

Introduction Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) now supports Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC). ARC is an AWS service that allows you to prepare for and recover from AWS Region or Availability Zone (AZ) impairments. ARC provides two sets of capabilities: Multi-AZ recovery, which includes zonal shift and zonal autoshift, and multi-Region recovery, which includes routing […]

Improving deployment visibility for Amazon ECS services

When deploying software, it’s critical to have visibility into all stages of the deployment process. Knowing the status of ongoing deployments, troubleshooting issues when things go wrong, and having an audit trail of past deployments are essential for ensuring a safe and reliable release process. Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) now provides enhanced observability […]

Serverless containers at AWS re:Invent 2024

AWS re:Invent is the premier learning conference hosted by AWS for the global cloud computing community. This year the Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and AWS Fargate teams will share the latest trends, innovations, best practices, and tips to help you increase productivity, optimize costs, and enhance business agility. Join us in Las Vegas […]

Amazon EKS optimized Amazon Linux 2023 accelerated AMIs now available

Introduction Earlier this year we announced support for Amazon EKS optimized AL2023 AMIs that provided many enhancements in terms of security and performance. Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) is the next generation of Amazon Linux from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and is designed to provide a secure, stable, and high-performance environment to develop and run your […]

Powering the Next Generation of AI Workloads on Amazon EKS with Anyscale

Ray is an open-source framework that manages, executes, and optimizes compute needs for AI workloads. It is designed to make it easy to write parallel and distributed Python applications by providing a simple and intuitive API for distributed computing. Ray unifies infrastructure by leveraging any compute instance and accelerator on AWS via a single, flexible […]

Announcing AWS Neuron Helm Chart

Introduction We are pleased to announce the launch of the Neuron Helm Chart, which streamlines the deployment of AWS Neuron components on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS). With this new Helm Chart, you can now seamlessly install the necessary Kubernetes artifacts needed to run training and inference workloads on AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia instances. Until now, […]

Migrating from AWS App Mesh to Amazon VPC Lattice

After careful consideration, we have made the decision to discontinue AWS App Mesh, effective September 30th, 2026. Until this date, existing AWS App Mesh customers will be able to use the service as normal, including creating new resources and onboarding new accounts via the AWS CLI and AWS CloudFormation. Additionally, AWS will continue to provide […]

AWS and Kubecost Collaborate to Deliver Kubecost 2.0 for Amazon EKS Users

Introduction In August 2022, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) announced the availability of an Amazon EKS-optimized bundle of Kubecost for cluster cost visibility. The bundle is available to Amazon EKS users free of charge and enables users to gain deeper cost insights into Kubernetes resources, such as namespace, cluster, pod, and organizational concepts (for […]

Migrating from AWS App Mesh to Amazon ECS Service Connect

After careful consideration, we have made the decision to discontinue AWS App Mesh, effective September 30th, 2026. Until this date, existing AWS App Mesh customers will be able to use the service as normal, including creating new resources and onboarding new accounts via the AWS CLI and AWS CloudFormation. Additionally, AWS will continue to provide […]