SourceAmazon EKS now supports certificate authority (CA) rotation with automated lifecycle management
Amazon EKS announced certificate authority (CA) rotation with automated lifecycle management to allow users to rotate their cluster's CA before it expires. This ensures clusters remain operational and secure as CAs from 2018 approach the end of their validity period.
Why it matters
Users with older EKS clusters must perform this rotation to avoid service disruptions caused by expired certificates. It provides a way to maintain security without risking downtime through automated safeguards and rollback capabilities.
The details
- AWS manages the rotation lifecycle and updates its managed components automatically.
- Customers are responsible for updating external clients and certain worker nodes.
- The feature is available at no additional cost in all commercial AWS Regions.
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AWS owns AWS Fargate
AWS provides AWS Fargate as a serverless compute engine for containers.
AWS owns EKS Auto Mode
AWS provides EKS Auto Mode for automated node provisioning and management in EKS.
Amazon EKS uses AWS Fargate
Amazon EKS supports AWS Fargate serverless nodes for running cluster workloads.
Amazon EKS uses EKS Auto Mode
Amazon EKS supports EKS Auto Mode instances with automated updates by AWS.
Amazon EKS is related to AWS CLI
Customers can configure and manage Amazon EKS CA rotation using the AWS CLI.
Amazon EKS is related to AWS CloudFormation
Customers can manage Amazon EKS CA rotation via CloudFormation templates.
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Amazon EKS is related to AWS Management Console
Customers can initiate and monitor CA rotation through the AWS console.
Amazon EKS uses Certificate Authority
Amazon EKS uses certificate authorities to enable encrypted connections to the Kubernetes API.
Amazon EKS uses REST API
Amazon EKS exposes Kubernetes APIs and EKS APIs for cluster management and client communication.
AWS owns Amazon EKS
AWS provides Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service for managed Kubernetes
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Amazon EKS Introduces Certificate Authority Rotation with Automated Lifecycle Management
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