Amazon EKS — Fargate on EKS
Chapter 6 — Fargate on EKS
Fargate lets you run Kubernetes pods without managing any EC2 instances. Each pod gets its own isolated compute environment — no nodes to provision, patch, or scale.
What You’ll Learn
- How EKS on Fargate works
- Creating and managing Fargate profiles
- Fargate limitations and workarounds
- Fargate pricing model
- Mixed mode: EC2 + Fargate in the same cluster
Chapter Topics
| # | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | EKS on Fargate | How serverless pods work |
| 2 | Fargate Profiles | Namespace and label selectors |
| 3 | Fargate Limitations | What you can’t do on Fargate |
| 4 | Fargate Pricing | Cost model and comparison with EC2 |
| 5 | Mixed Mode | EC2 + Fargate in the same cluster |
| 6 | Practice Exercises | 5 hands-on exercises |
Let’s start: EKS on Fargate
