EKS

Question 1

Which AWS service provides a managed Kubernetes platform designed to run Kubernetes on AWS and on-premises?

Answer 1

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)

Question 2

What deployment types does EKS support?

Answer 2

EKS supports the following deployment types: AWS, AWS Outposts, EKS Anywhere, EKS Distro

Question 3

Where is the EKS control plane deployed?

Answer 3

The EKS control plane is deployed in an AWS-managed VPC across multiple AZs, while the worker nodes run in a customer-managed VPC, also across multiple AZs

Question 3

What launch types does EKS support?

Answer 3

• Self-managed: The customer manages the nodes
• Managed Node Groups: EKS manages the nodes
• Fargate Pods: Fargate manages the pods (nodes are not involved)

Question 4

Which AWS services does EKS integrate with?

Answer 4

ECR, ELB, IAM, and VPC

Question 5

Which AWS storage services does EKS integrate with?

Answer 5

EBS, EFS, FSx for Lustre, FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Question 6

Which EKS deployments might require specific node types?

Answer 6

Specific node types might be required for deployments involving: Windows, GPU, Inferentia, Bottlerocket, AWS Outposts, Local Zones