Updates to Amazon EKS Version Lifecycle

In this post, we want to give you a heads-up on upcoming changes with out Amazon EKS is managing the lifecycle for Kubernetes versions, walk you through the process in general and then have a look at a concrete example, Kubernetes version 1.10. OK, with that out of the way, let’s have a look at the options you have to move to the latest Kubernetes versions with Amazon EKS and then dive into the update and deprecation process in greater detail:

In a nutshell, the Kubernetes versioning and release regime is roughly following a four-releases-per-year pattern, with cadence varying between 70 and 130 days. In line with the Kubernetes community support for Kubernetes versions, Amazon EKS is committed to running at least three production-ready versions of Kubernetes at any given time, with a fourth version in deprecation.

Source: aws.amazon.com