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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Documentation

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a managed service that makes it easy for you to run Kubernetes on AWS without needing to install and operate your own Kubernetes clusters.
  1. Describes key concepts of Amazon EKS and provides instructions for using the features of Amazon EKS.
  2. Describes best practices for operating Amazon EKS and provides opinionated guidance for using the features of Amazon EKS.
  3. Documents the Amazon EKS API.
  4. Documents the Amazon EKS commands available in the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).
  5. Documents the Amazon EKS commands available in the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) version 2.
  6. Describes how to define Amazon EKS clusters using the AWS Cloud Development Kit.
  7. Interactive workshop that shows how to use Amazon EKS features with other AWS services.

Additional Kubernetes deployment options

  1. Describes how to use Amazon EKS on AWS Outposts.
  2. Describes how to use the Amazon EKS Distro.
    • Describes how to use Amazon EKS Anywhere to create and run Kubernetes clusters on premises.
      • Compare the features of the different Kubernetes deployment options.
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