The blog post discusses various scenarios and patterns for enabling IPv6 connectivity and interoperability for Amazon EKS clusters with IPv4 networks, covering egress connectivity to IPv4 and IPv6 endpoints, as well as VPC interconnect methods like peering, Transit Gateway, and AWS PrivateLink.

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<p>This article discusses interoperability scenarios for IPv6 on Amazon EKS, focusing on connecting IPv6 EKS clusters to IPv4 services and vice versa.</p>
<p>Specifically, the article covers:</p>
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<li>AWS services and IPv6 support</li>
<li>AWS interconnect networking services supporting IPv6 (VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink)</li>
<li>Private connectivity scenarios:
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<li>Egress connectivity from IPv6 EKS clusters to IPv4 endpoints</li>
<li>Egress connectivity from IPv4 EKS clusters to IPv6 endpoints using VPC CNI IPv6 egress-only mode</li>
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<li>Considerations for future IPv6-only EKS clusters</li>
<li>Conclusion encouraging migration to IPv6 on EKS</li>
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The journey to IPv6 on Amazon EKS: Interoperability scenarios (Part 3)

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