Ben Rosand
About Ben Rosand
Ben Rosand is the founding engineer of Elastic Kubernetes Service, an AWS platform that automates deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications.
Title: Founding Engineer
Ben Rosand is recognized as a Founding Engineer. In this role, he has been instrumental in shaping and developing critical technology solutions centered on cloud computing and container orchestration. His expertise lies particularly in enhancing the automated processes involved in deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications.
Elastic Kubernetes Service Overview
Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is an open-source container orchestration platform that automates numerous manual processes essential for deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications. EKS offers features such as automatic scaling of worker nodes, automatic upgrades and patching, and seamless integration with other AWS services. It enables access to the broader Kubernetes community and ecosystem.
Cluster Autoscaling and Configuration Presets
A key feature of Elastic Kubernetes Service is its cluster autoscaler, which automatically adjusts the number of nodes in the cluster based on current resource usage. Ben Rosand has overseen configurations that provide cost-effective presets for different use cases, such as t3.medium instances for development clusters and compute-optimized c5.2xlarge instances for production clusters.
AWS EKS Networking Best Practices
Elastic Kubernetes Service is designed following AWS’s EKS networking best practices, which include deploying nodes in private subnets and public load balancers into public subnets. This approach enhances security and ensures resource isolation. Worker nodes are provisioned into private subnets, further solidifying the security framework for the cluster.
Security and IAM Roles for Service Accounts
Ben Rosand has contributed to the pre-configuration of out-of-the-box support for IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA) within Elastic Kubernetes Service. The service also mandates the use of the Instance Metadata Service version 2 (IMDSv2) on all EKS node groups, ensuring heightened security and control. Additionally, an AWS KMS key is associated with the cluster to enable encryption of secrets at rest.