Eksctl: Add --ami-id as in put parameter for eksctl command

Created on 16 Oct 2018 · 5Comments · Source: weaveworks/eksctl

Why do you want this feature?

If we hard code the ami-id it will be a maintenance headache. For e.g. the AMI id for gpu machine which you have today might be different tomorrow, due to various reasons like (CUDA upgrade, or OS upgrade).

If we want EKS user to get up-to date AMI, there should be an option to pass the ami-id as well. You can keep the default AMI-ID which you have currently but recommended way would be to get the AMI-ID from user.

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goswamig

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@gautamkmr - we have this ability already with the node-ami flag:

Advanced use cases only. If 'static' is supplied (default) then eksctl will use static AMIs; if 'auto' is supplied then eksctl will automatically set the AMI based on region/instance type; if any other value is supplied it will override the AMI to use for the nodes. Use with extreme care

Does that cover what you where thinking of?
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richardcase on 16 Oct 2018

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goswamig on 16 Oct 2018

@gautamkmr - we have this ability already with the node-ami flag:

Advanced use cases only. If 'static' is supplied (default) then eksctl will use static AMIs; if 'auto' is supplied then eksctl will automatically set the AMI based on region/instance type; if any other value is supplied it will override the AMI to use for the nodes. Use with extreme care

Does that cover what you where thinking of?
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richardcase on 16 Oct 2018

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In other words, --node-ami=auto --node-type=p2.xlarge will let you use latest available GPU-optimised AMI.