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# EKS Node Group

An EKS Node Group is a managed group of Amazon EC2 instances that run as worker nodes in an Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) cluster. It automates the provisioning and lifecycle management of nodes, including scaling, updates, and replacement. This allows you to run Kubernetes workloads on EC2 with less operational overhead while maintaining flexibility in instance types and configurations.

```
aws.eks_nodegroup
```

## Fields

| Title              | ID   | Type          | Data Type                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Description |
| ------------------ | ---- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| _key               | core | string        |
| account_id         | core | string        |
| ami_type           | core | string        | If the node group was deployed using a launch template with a custom AMI, then this is CUSTOM. For node groups that weren't deployed using a launch template, this is the AMI type that was specified in the node group configuration.                                                                                                 |
| capacity_type      | core | string        | The capacity type of your managed node group.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| cluster_name       | core | string        | The name of your cluster.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| created_at         | core | timestamp     | The Unix epoch timestamp at object creation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| disk_size          | core | int64         | If the node group wasn't deployed with a launch template, then this is the disk size in the node group configuration. If the node group was deployed with a launch template, then this is null.                                                                                                                                        |
| health             | core | json          | The health status of the node group. If there are issues with your node group's health, they are listed here.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| instance_types     | core | array<string> | If the node group wasn't deployed with a launch template, then this is the instance type that is associated with the node group. If the node group was deployed with a launch template, then this is null.                                                                                                                             |
| labels             | core | hstore        | The Kubernetes labels applied to the nodes in the node group. Only labels that are applied with the Amazon EKS API are shown here. There may be other Kubernetes labels applied to the nodes in this group.                                                                                                                            |
| launch_template    | core | json          | If a launch template was used to create the node group, then this is the launch template that was used.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| modified_at        | core | timestamp     | The Unix epoch timestamp for the last modification to the object.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| node_repair_config | core | json          | The node auto repair configuration for the node group.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| node_role          | core | string        | The IAM role associated with your node group. The Amazon EKS node kubelet daemon makes calls to Amazon Web Services APIs on your behalf. Nodes receive permissions for these API calls through an IAM instance profile and associated policies.                                                                                        |
| nodegroup_arn      | core | string        | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) associated with the managed node group.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| nodegroup_name     | core | string        | The name associated with an Amazon EKS managed node group.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| release_version    | core | string        | If the node group was deployed using a launch template with a custom AMI, then this is the AMI ID that was specified in the launch template. For node groups that weren't deployed using a launch template, this is the version of the Amazon EKS optimized AMI that the node group was deployed with.                                 |
| remote_access      | core | json          | If the node group wasn't deployed with a launch template, then this is the remote access configuration that is associated with the node group. If the node group was deployed with a launch template, then this is null.                                                                                                               |
| resources          | core | json          | The resources associated with the node group, such as Auto Scaling groups and security groups for remote access.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| scaling_config     | core | json          | The scaling configuration details for the Auto Scaling group that is associated with your node group.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| status             | core | string        | The current status of the managed node group.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| subnets            | core | array<string> | The subnets that were specified for the Auto Scaling group that is associated with your node group.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| tags               | core | hstore_csv    |
| taints             | core | json          | The Kubernetes taints to be applied to the nodes in the node group when they are created. Effect is one of No_Schedule, Prefer_No_Schedule, or No_Execute. Kubernetes taints can be used together with tolerations to control how workloads are scheduled to your nodes. For more information, see Node taints on managed node groups. |
| update_config      | core | json          | The node group update configuration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| version            | core | string        | The Kubernetes version of the managed node group.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |