Amazon EKS introduces cluster creation flexibility for networking add-ons
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The article discusses a new feature introduced by Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) that provides flexibility in creating Kubernetes clusters without the default networking add-ons.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Every EKS cluster automatically comes with default networking add-ons like Amazon VPC CNI, CoreDNS, and kube-proxy, which enable pod and service operations.
- With the new feature, users can now skip the installation of these default networking add-ons when creating a cluster.
- This allows easier installation of open source or third-party alternative networking add-ons.
- It also simplifies self-managing the default networking add-ons using lifecycle management tools like Helm or Kustomize.
- The option to opt out of default networking add-ons is available through the EKS console, CLI, API, and infrastructure-as-code tools like AWS CloudFormation.
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