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Karthik Sakthivel
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Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro now supports Kubernetes version 1.31

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✳️ Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro now supports Kubernetes version 1.31

✳️ Some of new features in Kubernetes version 1.31:
➰ #VolumeAttributesClass API resource is enabled for modifying PV properties.
➰ Persistent Volume phase transitions for storing timestamps.
➰ #AppArmor to protect containers by setting the #appArmorProfile.type field in #SecurityContext.

✳️ Kubernetes Lifecycle on EKS based on two category:
1️⃣ Standard Support:
➰ It lists latest minor versions in EKS for the first 14 months after it's released.
➰ Available versions are 1.31, 1.30, 1.29 and 1.28.

  2️⃣ Extended Support:
  ➰ Extended support is enabled by default once after Standard support (14 months) passed.
  ➰ Then, same versions are available under extended support for the another 12 months.
  ➰ Available versions are 1.27, 1.26, 1.25, 1.24 and 1.23.
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📌 Key note for Pricing:
➰ Clusters running with standard supported versions is $0.10 per cluster/hour.
➰ Clusters running with Extended supported versions is $0.60 per cluster/hour.
➰ Customers can prevent increased cluster costs by disabling EKS extended support using upgrade policy on the cluster configuration.
➰ #Note: If extended support is disabled, clusters are automatically upgraded to the next Kubernetes version.

📌 To update Kubernetes cluster to version 1.31:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/update-cluster.html

📌 Explore more about EKS features:
https://aws.amazon.com/eks/features/

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