Amazon EKS Extended support for Kubernetes Versions now available in preview
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This article announces the preview release of Amazon EKS Extended Support for Kubernetes Versions, which provides support for Kubernetes versions for up to 26 months from their general availability on Amazon EKS.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Amazon EKS now offers Extended Support for Kubernetes versions, providing an additional 12 months of support beyond the standard 14-month support period.
- During Extended Support, Amazon EKS will continue to provide security patches for the Kubernetes control plane and critical patches for various add-ons and Amazon Machine Images (AMIs).
- Extended Support for Kubernetes versions is available in preview starting with Kubernetes v1.23 in all AWS commercial regions.
- During the preview, there is no additional charge for using Extended Support, and you continue to pay $0.10 per hour for each Amazon EKS cluster.
- The article provides links to a blog post and documentation with more details on Amazon EKS Extended Support for Kubernetes Versions.
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