what is eks

EKS stands for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, which is a managed service that makes it easier to run Kubernetes on AWS. Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. EKS eliminates the need to install, operate, and maintain your own Kubernetes control plane on Amazon Web Services (AWS) . Key features of Amazon EKS include secure networking and authentication, easy cluster scaling, a managed Kubernetes experience, high availability, and integration with other AWS services. Through EKS, organizations can run Kubernetes without installing and operating a Kubernetes control plane or worker nodes. EKS provides a scalable and highly-available Kubernetes control plane running across multiple AWS Availability Zones (AZs) . EKS also supports load balancing, serverless computing, logging, and easy updates. EKS is certified Kubernetes conformant, meaning that it can take advantage of the number of open-source third-party capabilities out there as well.