Posted On: Oct 15, 2024
Today we announce the general availability of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) optimized accelerated AMIs for Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023). EKS customers can now enjoy the improved security features, optimized boot times, and newer kernel versions of AL2023 for their workloads using NVIDIA GPU and Amazon Inferentia instances.
These new AMIs are based on the Amazon EKS optimized AMI for AL2023 and include support for NVIDIA and Amazon Neuron workloads. The EKS Optimized NVIDIA AMI includes NVIDIA drivers, NVIDIA Fabric Manager and NVIDIA container toolkit, and the EKS Optimized Neuron AMI includes the Neuron driver. Both AMIs also come with the software needed to use Amazon Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) network interfaces. Customers can choose either the NVIDIA or Neuron AMI with EKS Managed Node Groups, self-managed nodes, and Karpenter.
To learn more about using Amazon Linux 2023 for your accelerated workloads on Amazon EKS, see Amazon EKS optimized accelerated Amazon Linux AMIs and building your own custom Amazon Linux AMIs in the Amazon EKS documentation.