Amazon EKS now supports control plane egress through your VPC
Amazon EKS ยท 2026-06-22
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Technical Details
| Regions | all |
|---|---|
| Cost Impact | Neutral |
| IaC Impact | High |
What This Means
For DevOps Teams
Configure your EKS clusters to use customer-routed control plane egress by setting controlPlaneEgressMode to CUSTOMER_ROUTED, ensuring Kubernetes API Server traffic follows your VPC routing and security policies.
For Platform Teams
Adopt customer-routed control plane egress to integrate EKS clusters with your VPC, enabling enhanced security and compliance through custom routing and endpoint policies.
For Executives
Evaluate deploying customer-routed control plane egress to enhance control and compliance for Kubernetes clusters, ensuring traffic routes through your VPC and aligns with your security and regulatory requirements.
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