---
id: "aws-eks-anywhere"
type: "component"
kind: "edge-appliance"
provider: "aws"
category: "compute"
aliases: "EKS-A"
docs: "https://anywhere.eks.amazonaws.com/docs/overview/"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-eks-anywhere"
---

# Amazon EKS Anywhere

User-managed Kubernetes built on EKS Distro for on-premises and edge infrastructure, air-gap capable.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [aws](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=aws) |
| Kind | [Edge appliance](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/edge-appliance) |
| Category | Compute |
| Official docs | [https://anywhere.eks.amazonaws.com/docs/overview/](https://anywhere.eks.amazonaws.com/docs/overview/) |
| Also known as | EKS-A |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `cloudManaged` | boolean | — | no | true | **false** |
| `connectivity` | enum | `connected`, `intermittent`, `disconnected` | no | — | inherited |
| `eksConnector` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `enterpriseSubscription` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `formFactor` | enum | `rack`, `ruggedized`, `virtual` | no | — | inherited |
| `infrastructureProvider` | enum | `vsphere`, `bare-metal`, `nutanix`, `snow`, `docker` | no | — | inherited |
| `localStorageGib` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **false** |
| `offlineMode` | boolean | — | no | — | **true** |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 1

### Stateful node without zone redundancy `stateful-node-without-zone-redundancy` (error)

- Page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/rules/stateful-node-without-zone-redundancy.md
- Why: A stateful compute node pinned to exactly one availability zone disappears with that zone, and its state goes with it. Nodes inside a cell are exempt, because there the cell is deliberately single-zone and redundancy comes from the other cells.
- Applies to: every node in category compute
- Message: Stateful node '{{node.id}}' lives in exactly one availability zone. A zone outage takes its state with it.

It fires when:

- all of these hold:
  - the node's `stateless` is false
  - the node sits inside exactly 1 availability-zone group
  - this does not hold:
    - the node sits inside at least one cell group

## Other products of the same kind · 30

- [Cloud Storage Gateway](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-cloud-storage-gateway.md) `alibaba-cloud-storage-gateway` — alibabacloud
- [Smart Access Gateway](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-smart-access-gateway.md) `alibaba-smart-access-gateway` — alibabacloud
- [AWS Backup gateway](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-backup-gateway.md) `aws-backup-gateway` — aws
- [Amazon FSx File Gateway](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-fsx-file-gateway.md) `aws-fsx-file-gateway` — aws
- [AWS IoT Greengrass](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-iot-greengrass.md) `aws-iot-greengrass` — aws
- [AWS IoT Greengrass Version 1](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-iot-greengrass-v1.md) `aws-iot-greengrass-v1` — aws
- [AWS Outposts rack](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-outposts.md) `aws-outposts` — aws
- [AWS Storage Gateway](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-storage-gateway.md) `aws-storage-gateway` — aws
- [AKS Edge Essentials](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-aks-edge-essentials.md) `azure-aks-edge-essentials` — azure
- [Azure Data Box Gateway](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-data-box-gateway.md) `azure-data-box-gateway` — azure
- [Azure IoT Edge](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-iot-edge.md) `azure-iot-edge` — azure
- [Azure IoT Operations](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-iot-operations.md) `azure-iot-operations` — azure
- [Azure Local](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-local.md) `azure-local` — azure
- [On-premises data gateway](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-on-premises-data-gateway.md) `azure-on-premises-data-gateway` — azure
- [Azure Operator Nexus](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-operator-nexus.md) `azure-operator-nexus` — azure
- [Azure Stack Edge](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-stack-edge.md) `azure-stack-edge` — azure
- [Azure Stack Hub](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-stack-hub.md) `azure-stack-hub` — azure
- [Cloudflare One Appliance](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-one-appliance.md) `cloudflare-one-appliance` — cloudflare
- [balena](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/balena.md) `balena` — default
- [Generic edge appliance](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/edge-appliance.md) `edge-appliance` — default
- [KubeEdge](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/kubeedge.md) `kubeedge` — default
- [OpenYurt](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/openyurt.md) `openyurt` — default
- [Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-distributed-cloud-air-gapped.md) `google-distributed-cloud-air-gapped` — gcp
- [Google Distributed Cloud connected](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-distributed-cloud-connected.md) `google-distributed-cloud-connected` — gcp
- [Gateway Appliance](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/ibm-gateway-appliance.md) `ibm-gateway-appliance` — ibm
- [Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-compute-cloud-at-customer.md) `oci-compute-cloud-at-customer` — oci
- [Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-compute-cloud-at-customer-isolated.md) `oci-compute-cloud-at-customer-isolated` — oci
- [Oracle Private Cloud Appliance](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-private-cloud-appliance.md) `oci-private-cloud-appliance` — oci
- [Oracle Roving Edge Infrastructure](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-roving-edge.md) `oci-roving-edge` — oci
- [Oracle Roving Edge Classic](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-roving-edge-classic.md) `oci-roving-edge-classic` — oci

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "aws-eks-anywhere", component: "aws-eks-anywhere" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Amazon EKS Anywhere: EKS Distro-based Kubernetes you run on your own on-premises or edge infrastructure
# ("Amazon EKS Anywhere: Overview"). It is a user-managed product on user-managed infrastructure, it runs
# air-gapped without a connection to the AWS Cloud, and the AWS Cloud integrations are opt-in.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "aws-eks-anywhere"
kind: "edge-appliance"
provider: "aws"
docs: "https://anywhere.eks.amazonaws.com/docs/overview/"
aliases: ["EKS-A"]
defaults:
  managed: false
  cloudManaged: false
  offlineMode: true
properties:
  infrastructureProvider:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["vsphere", "bare-metal", "nutanix", "snow", "docker"]
  eksConnector:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
  enterpriseSubscription:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-eks-anywhere