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Manage kube-proxy in Amazon EKS clusters
Important
We recommend adding the Amazon EKS type
of the add-on to your cluster instead of using the self-managed type of the add-on. If you're
not familiar with the difference between the types, see Amazon EKS add-ons. For more
information about adding an Amazon EKS add-on to your cluster, see Creating an Amazon EKS add-on.
If you're unable to use the Amazon EKS add-on, we encourage you to submit an issue about why you
can't to the Containers roadmap
GitHub repository
The kube-proxy add-on is deployed on each Amazon EC2 node in your Amazon EKS cluster.
It maintains network rules on your nodes and enables network communication to your
Pods. The add-on isn't deployed to Fargate nodes in your cluster. For
more information, see kube-proxy
kube-proxy versions
The following table lists the latest version of the Amazon EKS add-on type for each Kubernetes version.
| Kubernetes version | 1.31 |
1.30 |
1.29 |
1.28 |
1.27 |
1.26 |
1.25 |
1.24 |
1.23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
v1.30.3-eksbuild.5 |
v1.30.3-eksbuild.5 |
v1.29.7-eksbuild.5 |
v1.28.12-eksbuild.5 |
v1.27.16-eksbuild.3 |
v1.26.15-eksbuild.10 |
v1.25.16-eksbuild.13 |
v1.24.17-eksbuild.19 |
v1.23.17-eksbuild.16 |
Important
An earlier version of the documentation was incorrect. kube-proxy versions
v1.28.5, v1.27.9, and v1.26.12 aren't
available.
If you're self-managing this add-on, the versions in the table might not be the same as the available self-managed versions.
kube-proxy container image migration
There are two types of the kube-proxy container image available for each Amazon EKS cluster
version:
-
Default – This image type is based on a Debian-based Docker image that is maintained by the Kubernetes upstream community.
-
Minimal – This image type is based on a minimal base image
maintained by Amazon EKS Distro, which contains minimal packages and doesn't have shells. For more information, see Amazon EKS Distro .
The following table lists the latest available self-managed kube-proxy container image
version for each Amazon EKS cluster version.
| Image type | 1.31 |
1.30 |
1.29 |
1.28 |
1.27 |
1.26 |
1.25 |
1.24 |
1.23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
kube-proxy (default type) |
Only minimal type is available | Only minimal type is available | Only minimal type is available | Only minimal type is available | Only minimal type is available | Only minimal type is available | Only minimal type is available | v1.24.10-eksbuild.2 |
v1.23.16-eksbuild.2 |
kube-proxy (minimal type) |
v1.30.3-minimal-eksbuild.5 |
v1.30.3-minimal-eksbuild.5 |
v1.29.7-minimal-eksbuild.5 |
v1.28.12-minimal-eksbuild.5 |
v1.27.16-minimal-eksbuild.3 |
v1.26.15-minimal-eksbuild.10 |
v1.25.16-minimal-eksbuild.8 |
v1.24.17-minimal-eksbuild.4 |
v1.23.17-minimal-eksbuild.5 |
Important
The default image type isn't available for Kubernetes version
1.25and later. You must use the minimal image type.When you update an Amazon EKS add-on type, you specify a valid Amazon EKS add-on version, which might not be a version listed in this table. This is because Amazon EKS add-on versions don't always match container image versions specified when updating the self-managed type of this add-on. When you update the self-managed type of this add-on, you specify a valid container image version listed in this table.
