Has anyone run EKS Auto Mode with KRO, ACK, and Argo CD in production?
We're using KRO, ACK, and Argo CD on a moderately large platform and are evaluating whether EKS Auto Mode would fit into the setup. I'm especially interested in…
Karpenter
EKS Pod Identity Agent Takes Minutes to Provide Credentials on New Nodes
Dagster jobs running on EKS are intermittently failing to start after Karpenter provisions new nodes. We use s3ComputeLogManager, and the jobs need AWS credentials from the EKS Pod…
EKS Pod Identity Agent Times Out When New Nodes Scale Up
We run Dagster jobs on EKS with S3 compute logs. When Karpenter adds a node for a job, the job sometimes fails to start because it cannot obtain…
What’s the Best Way to Run Karpenter on EKS with ArgoCD?
I'm planning to deploy Karpenter on an EKS cluster and want to validate the architecture before moving ahead. The cluster is currently managed with an app-of-apps setup in…
Best-Practice Architecture for Running Karpenter on EKS
I'm planning to deploy Karpenter on an Amazon EKS cluster and would appreciate feedback on the architecture. We currently use an app-of-apps setup with Argo CD, and everything…
How did you get teams to reduce oversized Kubernetes resource requests?
For months, I assumed our Kubernetes cost problem required more sophisticated tooling. Instead, we found that our clusters were averaging only about 25% CPU utilization because teams had…
How did you get teams to reduce inflated Kubernetes resource requests?
For months, I assumed our Kubernetes cost problem required better tooling. Then we discovered that cluster CPU utilization was only around 25% because teams had heavily padded their…
How Should I Structure Workloads in My First EKS Cluster?
I'm building my first Amazon EKS cluster and would appreciate feedback on the architecture. I currently separate workloads into three groups: System on On-Demand nodes for essential platform…
Can I run Cluster Autoscaler 1.35 on a Kubernetes 1.36 cluster?
I recently migrated a production environment to a new Kubernetes cluster running version 1.36. I want to install Cluster Autoscaler, but the newest version I can find is…
How can I track Karpenter consolidation and pod rescheduling in one view?
I'm running EKS with Karpenter and would like a single dashboard showing which node was consolidated into which replacement node, along with the pods affected and where they…
What tools and components are essential for a new EKS cluster?
I'm building my first Amazon EKS cluster from scratch after previously managing clusters created by other teams. I'm migrating from Beanstalk and currently plan to use Karpenter for…
Is AWS EC2 API throttling affecting Karpenter in us-east-1?
For the last couple of hours, our Karpenter installation has been unable to create new nodes in us-east-1. Other regions are working normally, but EC2 API calls are…
How can I ensure two replicas are on different node types using Karpenter?
I'm trying to configure a deployment with 2 replicas in Kubernetes, where each replica is scheduled on different nodes of different instance types. For example, I want one…
How to Handle Expired Nodes with Karpenter for StarRocks DB?
I recently deployed StarRocks DB in Kubernetes using Karpenter's node pools, which by default cause nodes to expire after 30 days. I suspect that there was a missing…
Should I Use Karpenter with EKS Fargate or Managed Node Groups?
I'm currently setting up EKS for a client and I'm very familiar with Kubernetes from my on-prem experiences. I've been looking into Karpenter and the option to run…
Is EKS Autopilot the Better Choice Over Karpenter for Managing Multiple Clusters?
I've been using Karpenter for cluster management, but our small team is finding it tough to keep up with managing multiple upgrades across different clusters. I'm considering making…
How can I protect my batch jobs from being disrupted by Karpenter's node consolidation?
I'm looking for effective ways to ensure that Karpenter doesn't interfere with my long-running or critical batch jobs during node consolidation in my Amazon EKS cluster. Karpenter's consolidation…
Using EKS Automode with Karpenter: Module or Helm?
Has anyone here tried using EKS automode in combination with Karpenter? I'm running into some issues with the Terraform Karpenter module, and I'm wondering if it's better to…
How to Configure Karpenter to Wait Before Forcefully Terminating Pods?
I'm using Karpenter with an EKS setup that relies on EC2 spot instances. I have an application that requires a 30-second grace period before the pods can be…
Why is Karpenter Creating More Nodes Than Expected?
Hey everyone! I've set up Karpenter in my EKS cluster and I'm currently running some load tests. I've got a horizontal autoscaler configured with a 2 CPU limit,…