Amazon EKS now supports customer-routed control plane egress

Configure new or existing Amazon EKS clusters with controlPlaneEgressMode set to CUSTOMER_ROUTED to route outbound Kubernetes API server traffic through your VPC, enhancing security and compliance with organizational network policies.

Adopt customer-routed control plane egress in Amazon EKS to provide enhanced network control and security, allowing traffic to flow through your VPC where you can manage routing, security groups, and egress paths.

Evaluate implementing customer-routed control plane egress in Amazon EKS to enhance network security and control, enabling compliance with data perimeter requirements and private network infrastructure needs without additional cost.