Using EKS

Deployment options for using Ubuntu on EKS

If you want to use Ubuntu on your EKS worker nodes, choose from one of the following deployment options:

• Use an Ubuntu AMI - Ubuntu EKS AMIs are available through AWS CLI or from the AWS marketplace. They can be used to:

  • Deploy an Ubuntu EKS cluster

  • Deploy an Ubuntu Pro EKS cluster

  • Deploy an Ubuntu Pro FIPS EKS cluster

• Use a Pro token - If you want to create an EKS cluster using your Pro token obtained from Canonical, follow the instructions given in:

  • Deploy a Pro cluster (with / without FIPS) using tokens

Deployment options for node groups

You can create both managed and self-managed node groups using Ubuntu on EKS. Choose from the following options:

• Deploy a self-managed Ubuntu node group

• Deploy managed Ubuntu node groups

Custom EKS deployments

If you want to use Ubuntu on EKS with custom configurations, such as enabling GPUs or installing Kubeflow, check the following guides:

• Enable GPUs on EKS worker nodes

• Install Kubeflow on EKS (external link)