Which AWS service provides a managed Kubernetes environment?

Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) is the AWS managed service specifically designed to simplify the deployment and management of Kubernetes clusters. By using Amazon EKS, developers and IT teams can leverage Kubernetes without needing to install and operate their own control plane or nodes. This service fully manages the Kubernetes control plane, automatically scaling and managing availability, and offers built-in integrations with other AWS services and tools.

Amazon EKS supports the latest Kubernetes features, which means users benefit from a consistently updated and highly available environment. Additionally, it comes with help for network security and enterprise-grade security features, such as IAM for authentication, allowing users to manage access to Kubernetes resources properly.

In contrast, Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service) is AWS's own container orchestration service, but it does not support Kubernetes workloads. AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that allows developers to run code in response to events, eliminating the need to manage servers or containers. AWS Fargate is a compute engine for ECS and EKS that allows you to run containers without having to manage servers or clusters but does not provide the managed Kubernetes capabilities of EKS itself.

These distinctions illustrate why Amazon EKS is the ideal answer for providing a managed Kubernetes environment.