Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the general availability of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Auto Mode, a new capability to streamline Kubernetes cluster management for compute, storage, and networking, from provisioning to ongoing maintenance with a single click. This allows for greater agility, performance, and cost efficiency by removing the operational overhead of managing the cluster infrastructure needed to run production-grade Kubernetes applications at scale on AWS.
Customers choose Amazon EKS for the open standards and portability of Kubernetes combined with the security, scalability, and availability of the AWS cloud. While Kubernetes offers advanced users deep control over application operations, some customers find managing the components required for production-grade Kubernetes applications complex and labor-intensive.
EKS Auto Mode automates cluster management without requiring deep Kubernetes expertise. It selects optimal compute instances, dynamically scales resources, continuously optimizes costs, manages core add-ons, patches operating systems, and integrates with AWS security services. AWS expands its operational responsibility in EKS Auto Mode compared to customer-managed infrastructure in EKS clusters. In addition to the EKS control plane, AWS configures, manages, and secures the AWS infrastructure in EKS clusters required for running applications.
This allows users to get started quickly, improve performance, and reduce overhead, enabling a focus on building applications that drive innovation rather than cluster management tasks. EKS Auto Mode also reduces the effort required to acquire and run cost-efficient GPU-accelerated instances, ensuring generative AI workloads have the capacity they need when they need it.
