aws/aws-eks-best-practices resource
A best practices guide for day 2 operations, including operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
76/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
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: n/a
- age_days: 2506
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 12
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2157 stars · 567 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A community-contributed best practices guide for Amazon EKS covering day 2 operations such as security, reliability, autoscaling, networking, upgrades, and cost optimization. It is the source for the official Amazon EKS docs best practices guide and includes a companion Python CLI called hardeneks.
Use cases
- harden security of an EKS cluster
- plan an EKS cluster version upgrade
- choose between Karpenter and cluster-autoscaler
- optimize EKS costs
- configure EKS networking best practices
- run AI/ML workloads on EKS
- audit EKS cluster against best practices
When to choose
- you operate Amazon EKS clusters and want authoritative day 2 operational guidance
- you are preparing for cluster upgrades, autoscaling, or security reviews on EKS
- you want AWS-recommended patterns for running Windows, hybrid, or AI/ML workloads on EKS
When to avoid
- you run Kubernetes outside AWS (e.g., vanilla k8s, GKE, AKS) with no EKS-specific services
- you need executable tooling rather than guidance (use the companion hardeneks CLI instead)
- you need a tutorial or step-by-step setup guide rather than operational best practices
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
documentation security developer-tools cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code self-hosted cloud eks kubernetes best-practices aws day-2-operations cost-optimization cluster-autoscaling hardeneks devops containers
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/aws/aws-eks-best-practices · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3ba1f4ff5f4a
- homepage: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/best-practices/introduction.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 937fe847290d
- site_page: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · cdef89dbc642
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| aws/aws-eks-best-practices | main | 76 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="aws/aws-eks-best-practices")
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