Tag Archives: EKS

EKS Fargate vs. GKE Autopilot – Fully Managed Kubernetes Clusters Compared

AWS Fargate is the first fully managed Kubernetes service. Google Cloud Autopilot followed. Let’s compare EKS Fargate vs. GKE Autopilot and see what the differences are. Which one is better? Which one should we use?
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Google Cloud vs AWS vs Azure vs Linode – Speed Comparison

Which cloud provider is the fastest? Is it Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Linode?

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eksctl – How to Create and Manage AWS EKS clusters

A review of eksctl and step by step guide how to create and manage AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) clusters.

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Kubernetes’ Cluster Autoscaler Compared in GKE, EKS, and AKS

Kubernetes’ Cluster Autoscaler is a prime example of the differences between different managed Kubernetes offerings. We’ll use it to compare the three major Kubernetes-as-a-Service providers.

I’ll limit the comparison between the vendors only to the topics related to Cluster Autoscaling.
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Setting Up Cluster Autoscaler In EKS

Unlike GKE, EKS does not come with Cluster Autoscaler. We’ll have to configure it ourselves. We’ll need to add a few tags to the Autoscaling Group dedicated to worker nodes, to put additional permissions to the Role we’re using, and to install Cluster Autoscaler.
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