Snap usage in EKS worker images¶
The EKS worker images bundle several snaps that provide Kubernetes components. This page will provide a brief explanation on what snaps are bundled and why.
Snaps¶
Snap Name |
Provides |
Bundled Since |
|---|---|---|
the kubelet binary, which includes the primary configuration mechanism for kubelet |
EKS 1.17 |
|
kubectl-eks |
the kubectl binary, for providing CLI access to a k8s cluster’s control plane |
EKS 1.17 |
ecr-credential-provider |
aws-credential-provider, which provides credentials for allowing a k8s cluster to pull container images from ECR |
EKS 1.28 |