Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) is a managed container orchestration service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that simplifies the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications using Kubernetes. It handles the provisioning and management of the Kubernetes control…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2018
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Amazon EKS was created to solve the significant operational burden and complexity associated with manually deploying, scaling, and maintaining Kubernetes clusters. Before EKS, organizations running Kubernetes on AWS had to manage the Kubernetes control plane, including master nodes, etcd databases, and API servers, which required specialized expertise, considerable time, and effort to ensure high availability, security, and upgrades. EKS automates these critical infrastructure tasks, providing a resilient and secure Kubernetes environment.
- Platforms
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud
Related technologies
Notable users
- Snapchat
- Capital One
- Discovery
- Lyft
- Intuit
- Samsung
- Goldman Sachs
- BP
- Expedia