AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) — Question 556

A company runs its applications on both Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) clusters and on-premises Kubernetes clusters. The company wants to view all clusters and workloads from a central location.

Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?

Answer options

• A. Use Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights to collect and group the cluster information.
• B. Use Amazon EKS Connector to register and connect all Kubernetes clusters.
• C. Use AWS Systems Manager to collect and view the cluster information.
• D. Use Amazon EKS Anywhere as the primary cluster to view the other clusters with native Kubernetes commands.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Amazon EKS Connector enables the registration of any Kubernetes cluster, including on-premises clusters, to the Amazon EKS console for centralized visibility with minimal configuration. CloudWatch Container Insights and AWS Systems Manager can gather metrics but do not offer a unified EKS console view of external clusters. Amazon EKS Anywhere is designed to run Kubernetes on-premises rather than acting as a centralized, low-overhead connector for viewing external clusters.