ARM Support¶
EKS supports 64 bit ARM architecture with its Graviton processors. To create a cluster,
select one of the Graviton-based instance types (a1
, t4g
, m6g
, m6gd
, c6g
, c6gd
, r6g
, r6gd
) and run:
eksctl create cluster --node-type=a1.large
or use a config file:
---
apiVersion: eksctl.io/v1alpha5
kind: ClusterConfig
metadata:
name: cluster-arm-1
region: us-west-2
nodeGroups:
- name: ng-arm-1
instanceType: m6g.medium
desiredCapacity: 1
eksctl create cluster -f cluster-arm-1.yaml
ARM is also supported in managed nodegroups:
---
apiVersion: eksctl.io/v1alpha5
kind: ClusterConfig
metadata:
name: cluster-arm-2
region: us-west-2
managedNodeGroups:
- name: mng-arm-1
instanceType: m6g.medium
desiredCapacity: 1
eksctl create cluster -f cluster-arm-2.yaml
The AMI resolvers, auto
and auto-ssm
, will see that you want to use an ARM instance type and they will select the correct AMI.
Note
Note that currently there are only AmazonLinux2 EKS optimized AMIs for ARM.
Note
ARM is supported for clusters with version 1.15 and higher.