Amazon EKS now supports local clusters on AWS Outposts with Amazon EC2 instance store
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This article announces expanded support for Amazon EKS local clusters on AWS Outposts with EC2 instance store backing.
- EKS local clusters now supported on first and second-generation AWS Outposts with EC2 instance store
- Entire Kubernetes control plane runs on Outposts for data residency and network resilience
- Updated architecture provides greater parity with cloud-based EKS clusters
- AWS manages control plane; no manual etcd backups or logging agent management required
- Supports EKS add-ons, IAM Roles for Service Accounts, Pod Identity, and OIDC authentication
- Bottlerocket and Amazon Linux 2023 worker nodes supported
- Available in all commercial AWS Regions supporting Outposts racks
EKS local clusters on Outposts now offer improved operational parity with cloud EKS while maintaining on-premises data residency and network independence.
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