pulumi-eks
Pulumi Amazon Web Services (AWS) EKS Components.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, installs with low friction, and is licensed permissively. Install it if you are using Pulumi to manage AWS infrastructure and need to provision EKS clusters; it significantly reduces boilerplate compared to managing raw AWS and Kubernetes resources separately.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.9 or later; also requires AWS credentials and an active Pulumi stack configuration.
- Low install friction with a pure Python wheel.
- Maintained actively with a recent release and an active repository.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; you may use, modify, and distribute this package freely provided you retain license notices.
last release 2026-07-28 (17 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 188 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 366,546 downloads/mo, #7,204 on PyPI
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pip install pulumi-eks
import pulumi
import pulumi_eks as eks
cluster = eks.Cluster('my-cluster')- Which Kubernetes versions the EKS component supports and whether there are version-specific constraints.
- Specific node group configuration options and auto-scaling group customization capabilities.
- Whether AWS CNI plugin configuration is fully customizable or uses defaults.
- Performance characteristics and scalability limits for cluster size.
What it is and what it does
Pulumi-eks is a Pulumi component library that abstracts the complexity of creating and managing AWS EKS Kubernetes clusters. It wraps the low-level AWS and Kubernetes resources into a single, reusable component that handles provisioning the EKS control plane, configuring worker node groups with auto-scaling, and setting up the AWS CNI plugin for pod networking. You use it within a Pulumi program (written in Python, Go, TypeScript, or .NET) to declare an EKS cluster as infrastructure-as-code, then Pulumi handles the creation and lifecycle management of all underlying AWS resources.
The package depends on pulumi, pulumi-aws, and pulumi-kubernetes to orchestrate the cluster and its networking. It's designed for teams that want to manage Kubernetes infrastructure on AWS using Pulumi's declarative, language-native approach rather than writing CloudFormation or Terraform directly. The component exposes Pulumi's Crosswalk for AWS EKS functionality, which bundles opinionated defaults and best practices into a simpler API.
Use it for
- Provision a production EKS cluster with worker nodes and networking in a single Pulumi program.
- Automate cluster creation across multiple AWS accounts or regions using Pulumi stacks.
- Manage EKS cluster lifecycle (updates, scaling, node group changes) as code alongside application deployments.
- Integrate EKS provisioning with Pulumi-based application deployments on Kubernetes.
- Version-control and review cluster infrastructure changes via pull requests before applying.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, installs with low friction, and is licensed permissively. Install it if you are using Pulumi to manage AWS infrastructure and need to provision EKS clusters; it significantly reduces boilerplate compared to managing raw AWS and Kubernetes resources separately.
Install
pulumi-eks on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure Python wheel. Maintained actively with a recent release and an active repository. Depends on pulumi, pulumi-aws, and pulumi-kubernetes as core runtime dependencies.
Requires Python 3.9 or later; also requires AWS credentials and an active Pulumi stack configuration.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; you may use, modify, and distribute this package freely provided you retain license notices.
Quickstart
pip install pulumi-eks
import pulumi
import pulumi_eks as eks
cluster = eks.Cluster('my-cluster')Verify before relying
- Which Kubernetes versions the EKS component supports and whether there are version-specific constraints.
- Specific node group configuration options and auto-scaling group customization capabilities.
- Whether AWS CNI plugin configuration is fully customizable or uses defaults.
- Performance characteristics and scalability limits for cluster size.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 6 packagesparverpulumipulumi-awspulumi-kubernetessemvertyping-extensions |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 17 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 366,546 / month, #7,204 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
Evidence: pulumi_eks-4.3.0-py3-none-any.whl
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