# Amazon EKS Stay updated with our expert articles and insights on cloud-native and AI infrastructure management and orchestration topics. ## Migrating Existing EKS Clusters to EKS Auto Mode .png) [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/migrating-existing-eks-clusters-to-eks-auto-mode) ## Upgrading Amazon EKS Clusters in 2023 Kubernetes is a rapidly evolving open-source project with periodic releases. And organizations embracing Kubernetes must adopt the practice of regular upgrades. [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/best-practice-for-upgrading-amazon-eks-clusters) ## Streamlining Kubernetes Operations for Amazon EKS Anywhere (EKS-A) for Bare Metal Environments Amazon EKS Anywhere (EKS-A) now supports a deployment option to provision Kubernetes clusters on bare metal environments such as data centers. EKS Anywhere provides an installable software package for creating and managing Kubernetes clusters in data centers, along with tooling for cluster lifecycle support. [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/streamlining-kubernetes-operations-for-amazon-eks-anywhere-eks-a-for-bare-metal-environments) ## AKS vs EKS: The Battle of Managed Kubernetes Services Developers love containerization, and Kubernetes (K8s) is the best open-source system for deploying and managing multi-container applications at scale. However, a significant challenge is choosing the best managed Kubernetes service for your application development. [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/aks-vs-eks-the-battle-of-managed-kubernetes-services) ## What is a Shared Services Platform for Kubernetes? Enterprises around the globe are modernizing their IT architecture and applications for many well-known business reasons, including boosting productivity, increasing agility, and reducing capital costs. By centralizing the delivery of Kubernetes (K8s) services, IT is able to standardize workflows, enable self-service, and optimize application delivery for multiple teams across the enterprise, such as engineering, QA, DevOps, security, and operations. [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/what-is-a-shared-services-platform-for-kubernetes) ## Upgrading Amazon EKS Clusters in 2023 Kubernetes is a rapidly evolving open-source project with periodic releases. And organizations embracing Kubernetes must adopt the practice of regular upgrades. [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/upgrading-amazon-eks-clusters-in-2023) ## Providing Reliable Monitoring of Kubernetes Clusters with Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus and Rafay Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus (AMP) is a new managed service by Amazon launching in general availability and providing an easy, scalable equivalent to the CNCF open-source Prometheus project. With AMP, enterprises get all the container monitoring benefits of open-source Prometheus without the hardware, storage, or software reliability and maintenance issues. [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/providing-reliable-monitoring-of-kubernetes-clusters-with-amazon-managed-service-for-prometheus-and-rafay) ## etcd & Kubernetes: What You Should Know Kubernetes is architected as a set of microservices that manage the lifecycle of containers and coordinate application management tasks such as configuration, deployment, service discovery, load balancing, scheduling, scaling, and monitoring across a fleet of clusters. The microservices-based architecture of the Kubernetes control plane offers the flexibility and resiliency to scale up and down according to the demands of the workloads. [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/etcd-kubernetes-what-you-should-know) ## Top Kubernetes Takeaways From the 2020 AWS Container Security Survey Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently published the 2020 AWS Container Security Survey results. This survey is a follow-up to the 2019 AWS Container Security Survey. [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/top-kubernetes-takeaways-from-the-2020-aws-container-security-survey) ## Top 5 Trends for DevOps & Kubernetes in 2021: Welcome the KubeMaster 2020 has been a challenging year for many companies due to the global pandemic, which has had a varying impact on businesses. The software technology industry, for the most part, has been able to react faster to the changing landscape, with many verticals witnessing incredible levels of innovation. [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/top-5-trends-for-devops-kubernetes-in-2021-welcome-the-kubemaster) ## What is Amazon EKS Distro (EKS D)? At re:Invent this week, Amazon announced Amazon EKS Distro (AKA EKS-D). But what is EKS-D all about and where or when should you use it? [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/what-is-amazon-eks-distro-eks-d) ## Rafay Systems Achieves Advanced Technology Partner Status in the AWS Partner Network Today I am excited to announce that Rafay Systems has achieved Advanced Technology Partner status in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN). The Advanced tier is the highest designation APN Technology Partners can achieve and includes companies that have met specific benchmarks for successful customer engagements and technical certification. [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/rafay-systems-achieves-advanced-technology-partner-status-in-the-aws-partner-network) ## Rafay Product Bytes: Zero-Trust Security for Kubectl, Deeper Amazon EKS Integration, Enhanced Fleet Management and More! Welcome to our new, ongoing blog series called Product Bytes that highlights recent product enhancements we’ve made to our Kubernetes Management Cloud (for enterprises) and Kubernetes Management Cloud for MSPs (for service providers) products so you can stay up to date on what’s new. In this, our first installment, we’ll introduce a number of key improvements, but stay tuned because we’ll follow up with detailed blog posts on the features worth taking a deeper dive. [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/rafay-product-bytes-zero-trust-security-for-kubectl-deeper-amazon-eks-integration-enhanced-fleet-management-and-more) ## Provision and Manage Amazon EKS on AWS Outposts with Rafay AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that extends AWS capabilities to a customer's facility providing a truly consistent hybrid experience. AWS services run locally on AWS Outposts and can be accessed using familiar AWS APIs and tooling making it ideal for workloads that require low latency access to on-premises systems, local data processing, or local data storage. [Read Now](https://info@rafay.co/ai-and-cloud-native-blog/provision-and-manage-amazon-eks-on-aws-outposts-with-rafay) ## Rafay and Amazon Accelerate SonicWall’s Adoption of Containers and Amazon EKS Rafay and Amazon Accelerate SonicWall’s Adoption of Containers and Amazon EKS When we first talked to Sonicwall, they were already in the process of embracing the cloud and modern application architectures for their products. In addition to standardizing on Docker as their container technology, they chose Amazon as their cloud partner of choice because of their reliability, global footprint, and a deep portfolio of additional managed technology services including but not limited to databases, security, Kubernetes management and logging. 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