awslabs/amazon-eks-ami resource
Packer configuration for building a custom EKS AMI observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 7
- age_days: 3011
- days_rel: 14
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 86
Adoption not part of the score
2668 stars · 1193 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Packer configuration and build scripts for creating custom Amazon EKS-optimized AMIs, the same configuration AWS uses for official EKS AMIs. It supports building AMIs for specific Kubernetes versions and OS distributions like AL2023.
Use cases
- build a custom EKS AMI with a specific Kubernetes version
- customize the EKS worker node AMI with additional packages
- reproduce the official EKS-optimized AMI build
- create AL2023 AMIs for EKS node groups
- build GPU-accelerated AMIs for EKS
When to choose
- you need to customize the EKS node AMI beyond what the official images offer
- you want to bake in security hardening or agents before nodes join the cluster
- you need an AMI for a Kubernetes version or OS combination not published by AWS
When to avoid
- you can use the official EKS-optimized or Bottlerocket AMIs without customization
- you are not running workloads on Amazon EKS
- you want a general-purpose Packer template unrelated to Kubernetes
Facets
infra-config · maturity active
infrastructure-as-code deployment container-orchestration infrastructure-as-code cloud-computing cloud eks ami packer kubernetes aws containers devops linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-eks-ami · fetched 2026-08-28 · 63a080d647c6
- homepage: https://awslabs.github.io/amazon-eks-ami/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · fdaf4308ee9e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| awslabs/amazon-eks-ami | main | 95 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="awslabs/amazon-eks-ami")
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