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Category: Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

Using Open Policy Agent on Amazon EKS

中文版 – Open Policy Agent (OPA) is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) sandbox project designed to help you implement automated policies around pretty much anything, similar to the way the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) works. With OPA, you can write a very slimmed-down policy using a language called rego which is based […]

Demystifying ENTRYPOINT and CMD in Docker

中文版 – As you begin your Docker container creation journey, you might find yourself faced with a puzzling question: Should your Dockerfile contain an ENTRYPOINT instruction, a CMD instruction, or both? In this post, I discuss the differences between the two in detail, and explain how best to use them in various use cases you […]

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Announcing EKS Support in mu

中文版 Getting started with application development on Amazon EKS can require you to create the Kubernetes cluster, code repos, and configure deployment pipelines to continuously push code changes to the cluster. In this post, Casey Lee of Stelligent shows how mu, an open source tool, can be used to simplify the declaration and administration of […]

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AWS at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2018

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2018 is shaping up to be the largest gathering of the cloud native open source community in 2018. Besides being in our hometown of Seattle, KubeCon is a great opportunity to learn about the latest technologies and techniques for building modern, cloud native applications. AWS will be at KubeCon with […]

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Kubernetes Ingress with AWS ALB Ingress Controller

Note: This post has been updated in January, 2020, to reflect new best practices in container security since we launched native least-privileges support at the pod level, and the instructions have been updated for the latest controller version. You can also learn about Using ALB Ingress Controller with Amazon EKS on Fargate. Kubernetes Ingress is […]

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Open Network User Group (ONUG) Fall Conference

中文版 The Open Network User Group (ONUG) is an influential end-user organization that drives the creation and adoption of open standards in networking, cloud, and related technologies. Earlier in 2018, AWS joined ONUG, and Adrian Cockcroft spoke at the spring ONUG event in San Francisco. We will soon be sponsoring the fall ONUG event in […]

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AWS Service Operator for Kubernetes Now Available ?

NOTE: In mid-2019 we re-launched and intensified our efforts, deprecating and archiving the old code base of the AWS Service Operator and changing to a community-driven approach. We’re currently in the design phase and invite you to comment on the design issues and become a contributor to the new project, see details at the new GitHub […]

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CNI Metrics Helper

The Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS) uses the VPC CNI plugin for pod networking. The plugin runs as a DaemonSet and is responsible for assigning an IP address to pods. When managing an EKS cluster, it may be important to know how many IP addresses have been assigned and how many are available. […]