Amazon EKS — Networking
Chapter 7 — EKS Networking
Networking is the most complex part of EKS. This chapter covers the VPC CNI plugin, pod networking, Services, DNS, and network policies.
What You’ll Learn
- How the VPC CNI assigns real VPC IPs to pods
- Kubernetes Service types (ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer)
- CoreDNS and service discovery
- Network policies for pod-to-pod security
- Custom networking and prefix delegation
Chapter Topics
| # | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VPC CNI Plugin | How pods get real VPC IP addresses |
| 2 | Pod Networking | Pod-to-pod and pod-to-service communication |
| 3 | Services & DNS | ClusterIP, NodePort, DNS resolution |
| 4 | Network Policies | Controlling pod-to-pod traffic |
| 5 | Custom Networking | Prefix delegation and secondary CIDRs |
| 6 | Practice Exercises | 5 hands-on exercises |
Let’s start: VPC CNI Plugin
