Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes now supports Bottlerocket

Today, AWS announced Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes support for Bottlerocket, the Linux-based operating system purpose-built for containers. EKS Hybrid Nodes unifies Kubernetes management across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments by enabling customers to use their on-premises infrastructure as nodes in EKS clusters. Customers can now use Bottlerocket as the node operating system for hybrid nodes running in VMware vSphere environments.

EKS Hybrid Nodes customers get the security and efficiency benefits of the Bottlerocket operating system purpose-built for containers and supported by AWS. Customers can now use the same Bottlerocket operating system with EKS across their cloud and on-premises environments to further strengthen their operational consistency.

EKS Hybrid Nodes supports VMware variants of Bottlerocket versions 1.37 and newer across all AWS Regions where EKS Hybrid Nodes is available. These variants support Kubernetes versions 1.28 and above. To get started, see the Amazon EKS User Guide.