Getting Started with Karpenter
Set up a cluster and add Karpenter
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Getting Started
Choose from different methods to get started with Karpenter
To get started with Karpenter, the Getting Started with Karpenter guide provides an end-to-end procedure for creating a cluster (with eksctl) and adding Karpenter.
If you prefer, the following instructions use Terraform to create a cluster and add Karpenter:
- Amazon EKS Blueprints for Terraform: Follow a basic Getting Started guide and also add modules and add-ons. This includes a Karpenter add-on that lets you bypass the instructions in this guide for setting up Karpenter.
Although not supported, you could also try Karpenter on other Kubernetes distributions running on AWS. For example:
- kOps: These instructions describe how to create a kOps Kubernetes cluster in AWS that includes Karpenter.
Learn more about Karpenter and how to get started below.
- Karpenter EKS Best Practices guide
- EC2 Spot Workshop for Karpenter
- EKS Karpenter Workshop
- Advanced EKS Immersion Karpenter Workshop