eksctl 0.231.0: AWS EKS CLI

eksctl is the official command-line interface for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), designed for developers and DevOps engineers who manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS. Written in Go and leveraging CloudFormation, it simplifies the creation and management of EKS clusters on Amazon EC2. This tool provides a straightforward way to set up managed Kubernetes environments without manually configuring complex infrastructure components.

Key features:

• Official CLI for creating and managing clusters on Amazon EKS
• Utilizes CloudFormation for infrastructure provisioning
• Written in Go for performance and portability
• Supports connection tracking configuration for node groups
• Allows control of TerminatedPodGcThreshold in control plane components
• Enables control plane deployment on private subnets
• Integrates with Karpenter for automated node management
• Includes support for NVIDIA device plugins and CoreDNS updates

What's new in version 0.231.0:

• Added connectionTracking support to nodegroup configuration
• Introduced TerminatedPodGcThreshold for control plane component config
• Enabled support for vpc.controlPlaneOnPrivateSubnets
• Fixed addon version resolution before pod identity lookup
• Updated Karpenter integration to use interruptionQueue Helm values
• Granted ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups permissions to IPv6 VPC CNI role
• Hardened release pipeline with signed releases and SBOM publication
• Updated dependencies including CoreDNS and NVIDIA device plugin