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Recently, I upgraded our Amazon EKS cluster from v1.30 to v1.31, and along the way, I encountered a critical Identity Provider issue that halted the upgrade. Here's a breakdown of the issue, how I resolved it, and the best practices I followed for up...

Upgrading an Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) cluster ensures you stay current with Kubernetes features, security patches, and API deprecations. However, the process requires careful planning to prevent service disruptions. This detailed blog ...

Here are the steps in point form: Upgrade EKS Cluster: Update the EKS cluster to the latest Kubernetes version, ensuring workload compatibility. Upgrade Node Groups: Sequentially upgrade each node group. Upgrade Add-ons: Update all installed ...

Upgrading a Kubernetes cluster on Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) involves updating both the control plane and the worker nodes to a new Kubernetes version. Managing upgrades carefully is crucial to ensuring minimal downtime and maintaining t...
