Amazon EKS: What You Need to Know

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What does Amazon EKS charge $0.10/hour for?

Each pod in Amazon EKS

Each Amazon EKS cluster (correct)

Each containerized application in Amazon EKS

Each worker node in Amazon EKS

How are worker nodes managed in Amazon EKS?

Manually by users

Managed by AWS Fargate

Managed by Amazon EKS (correct)

Managed by Amazon EC2

Which service allows you to run Amazon EKS on-premises?

AWS Fargate

Amazon S3

Amazon EC2

AWS Outposts (correct)

What does Amazon EKS require users to manage when using ECR?

Underlying OS, infrastructure, and container engine Signup and view all the answers

Which part of a Kubernetes cluster is not created by users in Amazon EKS?

Control plane Signup and view all the answers

What is the benefit of using Amazon EKS over managing Kubernetes manually?

No setup required for configuring Kubernetes on AWS Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of a node in Amazon EKS?

Run containerized workloads and services Signup and view all the answers

Which AWS service in Amazon EKS is responsible for distributing traffic efficiently?

Elastic Load Balancer Signup and view all the answers

In Amazon EKS, what is the purpose of the control plane?

Manage cluster state and worker nodes Signup and view all the answers

What does high availability refer to in the context of Amazon EKS?

Maintaining uptime and minimizing downtime Signup and view all the answers

Which component of Amazon EKS is responsible for holding the cluster state information?

etcd Signup and view all the answers

What does AWS-managed Kubernetes clusters refer to in the context of Amazon EKS?

Clusters where AWS controls the Kubernetes control plane Signup and view all the answers

Which component of Amazon EKS is responsible for managing the control plane?

Master nodes Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary benefit of using Amazon EKS for managing Kubernetes clusters?

Simplified cluster management and maintenance Signup and view all the answers

Which component of the Kubernetes control plane stores cluster data?

etcd Signup and view all the answers

How does Amazon EKS ensure high availability of the Kubernetes control plane?

By deploying the control plane across multiple AWS availability zones Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of worker nodes in Amazon EKS?

To run application workloads and services Signup and view all the answers

What does Amazon EKS handle that simplifies the management of Kubernetes clusters?

Constructing the Kubernetes master cluster and setting up networking Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

What is Amazon EKS?

Amazon EKS is a managed service that runs Kubernetes on AWS.
It automates the deployment, scaling, and maintenance of containerized applications.
It works with most operating systems.

Benefits of Amazon EKS

No setup is required to configure Kubernetes on AWS.
Users don't have to create a control plan.
Worker nodes are managed by Amazon EKS.
EKS integrates with various AWS tools.
It eliminates time-consuming tasks such as constructing the Kubernetes master cluster and setting service discovery.
It provides high availability and eliminates a single point of failure.
Existing tools will work with minimal modifications.

How Amazon EKS Works

EKS is AWS' solution for Kubernetes-as-a-service.
It simplifies the management and maintenance of highly available Kubernetes clusters in AWS.

Components of EKS

Nodes: physical or virtual machines.
Master Node: a collection of components like Storage, Controller, Scheduler, and API server that make up the control plane of Kubernetes.
Worker Node: managed by EKS.

Architecture of EKS

EKS is integrated with various AWS services:
- ECR (Elastic Container Registry) for container images.
- Elastic Load Balancer for distributing traffic.
- IAM for providing authentication and authorization.
- VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) for isolating resources.

Pricing of EKS

Users pay $0.10 per hour for each Amazon EKS cluster.
Multiple applications can be deployed on each EKS cluster.

FAQs

EKS is used to create and manage Kubernetes clusters, which are orchestration platforms for deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications.
Amazon EKS supports standard Kubernetes, which is the open-source container orchestration platform developed by the Kubernetes community.
The difference between EKS and Kubernetes is that EKS is a managed service that simplifies the management and maintenance of Kubernetes clusters, while Kubernetes is an open-source platform.

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Learn about Amazon EKS, the Elastic Kubernetes Service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), which helps in managing containerized workloads and services. Understand how Kubernetes handles scaling, failover, and deployment of containerized applications in the cloud.