Introducing the Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes gateway for hybrid Kubernetes networking
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This article introduces the Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes gateway, a new feature that simplifies networking in hybrid Kubernetes environments by automating connectivity between EKS clusters and on-premises Kubernetes pods.
- Eliminates need for on-premises pod networks to be routable
- Automates control plane-to-webhook communication and pod-to-pod traffic
- Enables connectivity to AWS services like ALB, NLB, and Prometheus
- Deployed to EC2 instances using Helm with automatic VPC route management
- Open source codebase available
- Available in all AWS regions where EKS Hybrid Nodes exists
- No additional charge; pay only for underlying infrastructure
The gateway simplifies hybrid Kubernetes networking by removing manual routing configuration and coordination overhead.
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