Kubernetes is open source software that allows you to deploy and manage containerized applications at scale. Kubernetes manages clusters of Amazon EC2 compute instances and runs containers on those instances with processes for deployment, maintenance, and scaling.

What is Kubernetes equivalent in AWS?

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a management platform in AWS for Kubernetes. It is certified by the Kubernetes project, and so is guaranteed to run any existing applications, tools or plugins you may be using in the Kubernetes ecosystem. Below are some of the key differences between ECS and EKS.

Do you need Kubernetes in AWS?

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) on Amazon EC2. With this option, you don’t need to set up Kubernetes, install management or monitoring tools or provision your own nodes. You will, however, still need to perform some management tasks, such as upgrading to newer versions of Kubernetes when available.