/aws-eks-mixed-node-grops

Primary LanguageHCL

EKS with mixed managed node groups uses Graviton2 (arm) and x86_64 arch Instances.

Provision Terraform

This repository provides example Terraform configuration for building an EKS cluster with a Managed Node Group that uses Graviton2 instances (ondemand), MNG (spot) uses Graviton2 and MNG (spot) uses x86_64 instances.

Graviton instances are generally cheaper than the equivalent x86-based instances .

Pre-Requisites

To run this example you must have:

  • An AWS account (note this example will build resources that will incur charges)
  • The machine on which you run it must be logged in to AWS (for example via aws configure)
  • Terraform 1.0.X installed

Usage

Clone this repository and run terraform apply from the directory containing the code. All variables are optional.

Tear it down with terraform destroy.