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AWS EKS Platform Guide

Production AWS EKS platform: IRSA, Pod Identity, Secrets Manager, Load Balancer Controller, Karpenter, monitoring, GitOps, and cost optimization.

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AWS EKS Platform Guide
  1. 1 IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA) on Amazon EKS: The Complete Guide Part 1 of 8

    IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA) on Amazon EKS: The Complete Guide

    Baking AWS access keys into container images was acceptable in 2017. In 2026 it is career-ending. One leaked image on a public registry, one curious intern…

    41 min read·Apr 2026
  2. 2 Amazon EKS Pod Identity: The Complete Guide (Setup, ABAC, and Migration from IRSA) Part 2 of 8

    Amazon EKS Pod Identity: The Complete Guide (Setup, ABAC, and Migration from IRSA)

    If you landed here after reading our IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA) guide, welcome to the sequel. IRSA has powered pod-level IAM on EKS since…

    42 min read·Apr 2026
  3. 3 Configure AWS Secrets Manager: Rotation, IAM, and ECS Part 3 of 8

    Configure AWS Secrets Manager: Rotation, IAM, and ECS

    Hardcoded database passwords in a .env file committed to Git is still how a surprising number of teams ship software in 2026. It worked for the…

    33 min read·Apr 2026
  4. 4 Install AWS Load Balancer Controller on EKS (2026 Guide) Part 4 of 8

    Install AWS Load Balancer Controller on EKS (2026 Guide)

    Tested guide to installing the AWS Load Balancer Controller on EKS 1.33 with IRSA. ALB Ingress, NLB Services, HTTPS with ACM, TargetGroupBinding, and real troubleshooting.

    11 min read·Apr 2026
  5. 5 Deploy Karpenter on EKS: Node Auto-Scaling Guide (2026) Part 5 of 8

    Deploy Karpenter on EKS: Node Auto-Scaling Guide (2026)

    Tested Karpenter v1.11.1 guide on EKS 1.33. NodePool, EC2NodeClass, Spot instances, consolidation demo, drift detection, and 4 real error fixes.

    13 min read·Apr 2026
  6. 6 Deploy Prometheus and Grafana on EKS (2026 Guide) Part 6 of 8

    Deploy Prometheus and Grafana on EKS (2026 Guide)

    Tested kube-prometheus-stack on EKS 1.33 with 12 real Grafana dashboard screenshots. EBS CSI driver, gp3 storage, AlertManager Slack, and EKS-specific gotchas.

    11 min read·Apr 2026
  7. 7 AWS Costs Explained: What Actually Charges You (April 2026) Part 7 of 8

    AWS Costs Explained: What Actually Charges You (April 2026)

    We just spent a week testing EKS Pod Identity. If we were paying full price instead of using credits, the lab would have cost $394/month in…

    14 min read·Apr 2026
  8. 8 Kubecost on EKS and GKE: Kubernetes Cost Visibility, Right-Sizing, and Optimization Part 8 of 8

    Kubecost on EKS and GKE: Kubernetes Cost Visibility, Right-Sizing, and Optimization

    Kubernetes makes scaling easy. Spin up a cluster, deploy some pods, and you’re running. What nobody tells you is that by month three, the bill is…

    16 min read·Apr 2026

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