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How VMware Tanzu CloudHealth modernized container workloads from self-managed Kubernetes to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

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This article discusses how VMware Tanzu CloudHealth migrated their container workloads from self-managed Kubernetes clusters running on kOps to AWS managed Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS).

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Previous self-managed K8s clusters and related challenges with kOps
  • Key drivers to move to a managed solution like Amazon EKS
  • Key technical prerequisite evaluation like Kubernetes versions, security, networking, tooling, and node groups
  • Migration execution strategy and walkthrough
  • Lessons learned during and after the migration
  • Conclusion highlighting the benefits achieved by migrating to Amazon EKS


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