The product described by this documentation, GKE on AWS, is now in
maintenance mode and will be shut down on March 17, 2027.
GKE on AWS lets you manage
GKE clusters running on AWS infrastructure through the GKE Multi-Cloud API.
Combined with
Connect,
GKE on AWS lets you manage
GKE clusters on both Google Cloud and AWS from the
Google Cloud console. Learn more about how GKE on AWS works.
When you create a cluster with GKE on AWS, Google creates the AWS
resources you need and brings up a cluster on your behalf. You can then deploy your
workloads with the gcloud and kubectl command-line tools.
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