Understanding the different configuration options for an EKS cluster

Kubernetes is extensible by default, which is one of the reasons it has become so popular. As well as the standard API objects we’ve already discussed such as Pods and Services, you can extend the API to support custom resources, controllers, operators, and standard plugins for networking and storage. All of these elements can be added to an EKS cluster as part of the cluster creation process; however, in this chapter, we will cover the basic configuration to get a simple cluster up and running. The following table defines what will be configured as well as providing a map to other chapters that show additional configuration steps:

EKS Configuration Domain	Description
Control plane	As we have mentioned, EKS is really a managed control plane, so this must always be done, and...