This is short summary of some of the key announcements that were announced at the AWS Container Day at KubeCon this week on 17th August 2020 — https://awscontainerday.splashthat.com/
Please also see the “Whats new in containers” page for more latest updates — https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/containers/
Amazon EKS managed node groups now support EC2 launch templates and custom AMIs
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) now supports using launch templates to customize EC2 instance settings for nodes managed by EKS. When combined, managed node groups with launch templates make it simple to add and update nodes in your cluster, while adhering to any level of specialized security or compliance requirements. Please see https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/08/amazon-eks-managed-node-groups-now-support-ec2-launch-templates-custom-amis/
Amazon EKS support for Arm-based instances powered by AWS Graviton is now generally available
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) customers can now run production workloads using Arm-based instances including the recently launched Amazon EC2 M6g, C6g, and R6g instances powered by AWS Graviton2 processors. Please see https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/08/amazon-eks-support-for-arm-based-instances-powered-by-aws-graviton-now-generally-available/
Amazon EKS on AWS Fargate now supports Amazon EFS file systems
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) pods running on AWS Fargate can now mount Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) file systems. AWS Fargate will use the EFS CSI driver to automatically mount an EFS file system requested by a pod running on Fargate, without the need for manual driver installation. Please see https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/08/amazon-ek-on-aws-fargate-now-supports-amazon-efs-file-systems/
You can see a replay of the videos of the Container day at https://www.twitch.tv/aws/videos
Announcing the AWS Controllers for Kubernetes Preview
The AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) is a new tool that lets you define and use AWS service resources directly from Kubernetes. With ACK, you can take advantage of AWS managed services for your Kubernetes applications without needing to define resources outside of the cluster or run services that provide supporting capabilities like databases or message queues within the cluster.
