Containers

Tag: Amazon EKS

Automating AL2023 custom hardened AMI updates for Amazon EKS managed nodes

This post was authored by Abhishek Nanda, Containers Specialist Solutions Architect and co-written with Jayaprakash Alawala, Principal Container Specialist Solutions Architect and Rajesh Singh, Sr. Containers Specialist BDM.  Introduction Amazon EKS users in the Regulatory and Compliance industry invest time and effort to build EKS custom AMIs for the worker nodes Operating System (OS) to […]

A deep dive into Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes

This blog was authored by Chris Splinter, Principal Product Manager, AWS Kubernetes, Elamaran Shanmugam, Sr. Container Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS, Re Alvarez Parmar, Containers Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS. We are excited to announce the general availability of a new feature for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) that we launched at re:Invent 2024 called Amazon […]

How webMethods iPaaS built a multi-tenant SaaS platform on Amazon EKS

This post was authored by Markus Kokott, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS and co-written with Balaji Balakrishnan, Head of Platform Services & DevOps, Santa Kumar Bethanapalli, Head of Cloud Operations & SRE, and Natarajan Ramani, Lead Platform Engineer, from webMethods iPaaS. Introduction In this post, we discuss webMethods’ journey in transitioning webMethods iPaaS into a successful […]

Optimize your container workloads for sustainability

This blog was authored by Karthik Rajendran, Senior Solutions Architect (AWS) and Isha Dua, Senior Solutions Architect (AWS).  The software architect’s job is mostly one of trade-offs, weighing the considerations of different approaches and then choosing the one that strikes the best balance. Some architects are surprised to find that, in the AWS Cloud at least, architecting […]

Monitoring and automating recovery from AZ impairments in Amazon EKS with Istio and ARC Zonal Shift

Introduction Running microservice-style architectures in the cloud can quickly become a complex operation. Teams must account for a growing number of moving pieces, such as multiple instances of independent workloads, along with their infrastructure dependencies. These components can then be distributed across different topology domains, such as multiple Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, […]

Amazon EKS and Kubernetes sessions at AWS re:Invent 2024

Introduction AWS re:Invent 2024, the annual Amazon Web Services conference, is fast approaching. This year’s event will feature a full track of sessions focused on Kubernetes and other cloud-native technologies. To help you navigate the extensive session catalog, we’ve compiled a list of sessions around Kubernetes and cloud-native related topics. They have been grouped by […]

Amazon EKS now supports Amazon Application Recovery Controller

Introduction Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) now supports Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC). ARC is an AWS service that allows you to prepare for and recover from AWS Region or Availability Zone (AZ) impairments. ARC provides two sets of capabilities: Multi-AZ recovery, which includes zonal shift and zonal autoshift, and multi-Region recovery, which includes routing […]

Amazon EKS optimized Amazon Linux 2023 accelerated AMIs now available

Introduction Earlier this year we announced support for Amazon EKS optimized AL2023 AMIs that provided many enhancements in terms of security and performance. Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) is the next generation of Amazon Linux from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and is designed to provide a secure, stable, and high-performance environment to develop and run your […]

Scaling a Large Language Model with NVIDIA NIM on Amazon EKS with Karpenter

Many organizations are building artificial intelligence (AI) applications using Large Language Models (LLMs) to deliver new experiences to their customers, from content creation to customer service and data analysis. However, the substantial size and intensive computational requirements of these models may have challenges in configuring, deploying, and scaling them effectively on graphic processing units (GPUs). […]

Inside Pinterest’s Custom Spark Job logging and monitoring on Amazon EKS: Using AWS for Fluent Bit, Amazon S3, and ADOT

In Part 1, we explored Moka’s high-level design and logging infrastructure, showcasing how AWS for Fluent Bit, Amazon S3, and a robust logging framework make sure of operational visibility and facilitate issue resolution. For more details, read part 1 here. Introduction As we transition to the second part of our series, our focus shifts to […]