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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Anywhere (Amazon EKS Anywhere)

About Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Anywhere (Amazon EKS Anywhere)

Amazon EKS Anywhere lets customers create and operate Kubernetes clusters on their own infrastructure. It is available as open source software that can be run on hardware in a data center or edge environment. Enterprise Subscriptions can be purchased to receive support for Amazon EKS clusters and access to Curated Packages and extended support for Kubernetes versions. Amazon EKS Anywhere Curated Packages are software add-ons that extend its core functionalities with capabilities such as load balancing, observability, and auto-scaling. Support for Amazon EKS Anywhere clusters is only available under an active Enterprise Subscription.

Products

Amazon EKS Anywhere: Software for creating and operating Kubernetes clusters on customer-owned infrastructure.
Amazon EKS Anywhere Enterprise Subscriptions: Subscriptions purchased to receive support for Amazon EKS clusters and access to Curated Packages and extended Kubernetes version support.
Amazon EKS Anywhere Curated Packages: Software add-ons extending core functionalities with capabilities such as load balancing, observability, and auto-scaling.

Used for

Unifying how applications run across cloud and on-premises environments.
Deploying large language models for generative AI applications for training and inference.
Keeping large datasets on premises to maintain legal requirements concerning data location.

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How to evaluate Containers & Kubernetes

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25%

Control Plane & Day-2 Lifecycle

Managed vs. self-managed control plane and its SLA; how Kubernetes version upgrades roll (in-place, surge, blue-green) and how disruptive they are to running pods; long-term-support version options; CVE patch cadence and how quickly fixes reach the fleet; automated node remediation and certificate rotation

20%

Fleet & Multi-Cluster Management

Single console and API to govern many clusters across clouds, on-prem, and edge; declarative cluster lifecycle and config (Cluster API or equivalent); fleet-wide policy and drift detection; zero-touch provisioning for edge; whether it manages clusters it did not create (imported/attached) or only its own

20%

Security & Compliance

Default-deny posture and admission control (Pod Security, OPA/Kyverno); image scanning and signing in the supply chain; RBAC plus OIDC/enterprise-identity integration; network policy and microsegmentation; CIS-benchmark conformance, audit logging, and FedRAMP/FIPS coverage where regulated

15%

Networking, Storage & Service Mesh

CNI options and how locked-in the default is; ingress and gateway controllers with TLS, rate-limiting, and WAF; CSI drivers for block/file/object and stateful-workload maturity; service mesh integration (Istio, Linkerd, Cilium); cross-cluster connectivity and load balancing

10%

Developer Experience & Self-Service

Namespace and cluster self-service vs. ticket-based provisioning; GitOps support (Argo CD, Flux) as a first-class workflow; developer portal and golden-path integration (Backstage or built-in console); IDE plugins and local-dev parity; how opinionated the platform is about how teams ship

10%

Cost, Portability & Commercial Model

Licensing unit (per-core, per-node, per-cluster, consumption) and how it scales with you; control-plane and extended-support fees; realistic exit cost and how provider-shaped the abstractions are; GPU/AI scheduling support; ecosystem breadth (operators, Helm, marketplace) and how much you must self-integrate

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CategoryCloud Infrastructure

SubcategoryContainers & Kubernetes

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