Amazon EKS deep dive

Run Kubernetes on AWS like a platform team.

How EKS really works: access, compute with managed node groups, Karpenter and Auto Mode, the VPC CNI and load balancing, Pod Identity and security, add-ons and storage, upgrades, observability and cost. Taught with Shopwave scenarios.

8 modulesOfficial AWS iconsStudy notes on every slide15-question quiz

The EKS question: AWS runs the control plane, so how much of everything else do you want to own?

EKS

Managed Kubernetes on AWS

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IAM

ECR

EBS

CloudWatch

KMS

Kubernetes on EKS, from first cluster to production platform

Welcome to Deck 3. This deck assumes you finished Deck 1 (Kubernetes Foundations), so Pods, Deployments, Services, scheduling and storage are known. Here the focus is everything specific to Amazon EKS: how the managed control plane is exposed, how you give people and workloads access, the compute options, the AWS networking integration, and the operations that separate a first cluster from a production platform.

Each slide pairs a visual and short explanations on the canvas with a longer written lesson in the Study notes panel (press S, or use the tab on the right). Animated flows reveal one step at a time with the right arrow, and every module ends with a comprehensive revision poster. The deck finishes with a 15-question quiz that explains every answer.

The running example is Shopwave's acquired brand, which runs orders and loyalty services on EKS in eu-west-1. Deck 2 covers the same ideas on GKE, so when you see a difference between the two platforms it will be pointed out.