winget install --id eksctl.eksctlAbout eksctl
eksctl is a simple CLI tool for creating clusters on EKS - Amazon's new managed Kubernetes service for EC2. It is written in Go, and uses CloudFormation.
What's new in 0.226.0
Release v0.226.0 🚀 Features - Adding support for upgrading eks hybrid nodes on EKS clusters (#8719) - feat(ubuntu): add support for resolute (#8683) 🐛 Bug Fixes - Populate role ARN from stack outputs on NoChangeError in pod identity update (#8717) - fix: only add ECR Public perms in aws partition (#8709) 🧰 Maintenance - Update aws-node to v1.21.1 (#8541) - Update ec2-info (#8626) - Update nvidia-device-plugin to v0.19.0 (#8647) - Update coredns (#8699) 📝 Documentation - fix: auto-detect system architecture instead of hardcoding (#8708) - karpenter: clarify createServiceAccount semantics in docs, schema, and runtime log (#8720) - Update Windows compatibility hint to recommend AL2023 instead of AL2 (#8714) Acknowledgments The eksctl maintainers would like to sincerely thank @cloudsmithy, @cs-mehta, @fletcherw, @guessi, @pokearu and @rpocase.
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.226.0 | Unknown | Release v0.226.0 🚀 Features - Adding support for upgrading eks hybrid nodes on EKS clusters (#8719) - feat(ubuntu): add support for resolute (#8683) 🐛 Bug Fixes - Populate role ARN from stack outputs on NoChangeError in... |
| 0.225.0 | Unknown | Release v0.225.0 🚀 Features - Honour permissionPolicyName for pod identity inline IAM policies (#8675) - feat: add fargate profile support for EKS internal endpoint (#8694) - feat: add permissions for ECR Public containe... |
| 0.224.0 | Unknown | Release v0.224.0 🚀 Features - Add Gateway API ELB cleanup support for eksctl cluster deletion (#8664) - Update go mod and go sum to use the latest nodeAdm api (#8677) 🎯 Improvements - Add Gateway API ELB cleanup support... |
| 0.223.0 | Unknown | Release v0.223.0 🚀 Features - add support to policy for pod-identity-association create and update (#8674) 🐛 Bug Fixes - change ubuntu ami family to 2404 (#8670) Acknowledgments The eksctl maintainers would like to since... |
| 0.222.0 | Unknown | Release v0.222.0 🚀 Features - Add support for EKS Windows Server 2025 in eksctl (#8648) - Allow wildcard matching of service account subject (#8629) 🎯 Improvements - Bump aws-sdk-go-v2 versions to support aws login (#866... |
| 0.221.0 | Unknown | Release v0.221.0 🎯 Improvements - added support us-isob-west-1 region (#8602) 🐛 Bug Fixes - Fix failures in cluster deletion in regions without capability support (#8631) - Add taints for AL2023 NodeGroups as tolerations... |
| 0.220.0 | Unknown | Release v0.220.0 🚀 Features - Add support for EKS Capability (#8603) Acknowledgments The eksctl maintainers would like to sincerely thank @punkwalker. |
| 0.219.0 | Unknown | Release v0.219.0 💥 Breaking Changes - Make AL2023 be the default for all k8s version to handle AL2 deprecation (#8593) 🚀 Features - support Al2023 on outposts (#8599) 🎯 Improvements - Make AL2023 be the default for all k... |
| 0.218.0 | Unknown | Release v0.218.0 🚀 Features - Add support for ControlPlaneScalingConfig (#8590) 🎯 Improvements - Enable termination protection by default for eksctl CFN stacks (#8586) Acknowledgments The eksctl maintainers would like to... |
| 0.217.0 | Unknown | Release v0.217.0 🚀 Features - feat: Add enhanced node repair configuration support (#8512) 🐛 Bug Fixes - Fix issue with upgrade policy not being applied (#8577) 🧰 Maintenance - Update nvidia-device-plugin to v0.18.0 (#85... |
| 0.216.0 | Unknown | Release v0.216.0 🚀 Features - Add support for ap-southeast-6 (#8544) - feat: add support for UpgradePolicy attribute in cluster creation (#8534) 🎯 Improvements - Fix upgrade vpc-cni test relying on assumptions about vpc... |
| 0.215.0 | Unknown | Release v0.215.0 🚀 Features - automatic security group tagging for karpenter (#8501) 🎯 Improvements - fix: use default security group for eks 1.33+ when EFA is enabled (#8509) - fix: karpenter tagging, addons and flaky i... |
| 0.214.0 | Unknown | No notes |
| 0.213.0 | Unknown | No notes |
| 0.212.0 | Unknown | No notes |
| 0.211.0 | Unknown | No notes |
| 0.210.0 | Unknown | No notes |
| 0.209.0 | Unknown | No notes |
| 0.208.0 | Unknown | Release v0.208.0 🚀 Features - Enable enclave options in EC2 Launch Template (#8349) - Add support for AL2023 arm64 nvidia amiType (#8351) 🎯 Improvements - Add AmazonLinux2 end-of-life warning message when creating cluste... |
| 0.207.0 | Unknown | Release v0.207.0 🚀 Features - Add support for new force parameter when upgrading cluster version (#8319) 🎯 Improvements - Enable creating IPV6 clusters with pod identities in addition to IRSA (#8322) - Add latest changes... |