Add-on compatibility

ingress-nginx EKS compatibility checks

ingress-nginx is a Platform addon dependency to validate before and after Amazon EKS control-plane upgrades. Ingress API and controller admission webhooks are common upgrade blockers.

Why this add-on matters

  • Ingress API and controller admission webhooks are common upgrade blockers.
  • Add-on type: Platform addon.
  • Primary source: ingress-nginx releases.

Preflight commands

  • helm -n ingress-nginx list
  • kubectl -n ingress-nginx get pods -o wide

Upgrade validation

  • Confirm ingress-nginx is installed and owned by the expected delivery mechanism.
  • Review version compatibility and release notes before changing the EKS control plane.
  • Run workload smoke tests that exercise this add-on after each control-plane hop.
  • Capture output in the change packet with any exceptions or follow-up work.