AMI Release v20211109

• amazon-eks-gpu-node-1.21-v20211109
• amazon-eks-gpu-node-1.20-v20211109
• amazon-eks-gpu-node-1.19-v20211109
• amazon-eks-gpu-node-1.18-v20211109
• amazon-eks-gpu-node-1.17-v20211109
• amazon-eks-arm64-node-1.21-v20211109
• amazon-eks-arm64-node-1.20-v20211109
• amazon-eks-arm64-node-1.19-v20211109
• amazon-eks-arm64-node-1.18-v20211109
• amazon-eks-arm64-node-1.17-v20211109
• amazon-eks-node-1.21-v20211109
• amazon-eks-node-1.20-v20211109
• amazon-eks-node-1.19-v20211109
• amazon-eks-node-1.18-v20211109
• amazon-eks-node-1.17-v20211109

Binaries used to build these AMIs are published:

• s3://amazon-eks/1.21.5/2021-11-10/
• s3://amazon-eks/1.20.11/2021-11-10/
• s3://amazon-eks/1.19.15/2021-11-10/
• s3://amazon-eks/1.18.20/2021-09-02/
• s3://amazon-eks/1.17.17/2021-09-02/

AMI details:

• kernel: 5.4.149-73.259.amzn2 (1.19 and above), 4.14.252-195.483.amzn2 (1.18 and below)
• dockerd: 20.10.7-3.amzn2
• containerd: 1.4.6-3.amzn2
• runc: 1.0.0-2.amzn2
• cuda: 470.57.02
• nvidia-container-runtime-hook: 1.4.0-1.amzn2
• SSM agent: 3.0.1124.0

Notable changes:

• Upgrade kernel version for 1.17 and 1.18 to 4.14.252-195.483.amzn2
• Upgrade cuda version from 460.73.01 to 470.57.02
• Upgrade kubelet version
  • 1.19.14 -> 1.19.15
  • 1.20.10 -> 1.20.11
  • 1.21.4 -> 1.21.5
• Remove cbc ciphers and use following recommended ciphers
  • chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com
  • aes128-ctr
  • aes256-ctr
  • aes128-gcm@openssh.com
  • aes256-gcm@openssh.com