🪣 Karpenter Best Practices

Karpenter Best Practices

1. Use Karpenter for Dynamic Workloads
2. Run Karpenter Controller on EKS Fargate or a Dedicated Node Group
3. Exclude Unnecessary Instance Types
4. Enable Interruption Handling for Spot Instances
5. Configure for Private EKS Clusters
6. Overprovisioning to Improve Responsiveness

NodePools Best Practices

1. Create Multiple NodePools for Different Requirements
2. Use Mutually Exclusive or Weighted NodePools
3. Use Timers to Automatically Delete Nodes
4. Avoid Overly Constraining Instance Types

Sources

• Karpenter: The Ultimate Guide