CLF-C02 Cloud Technology and Services Practice Question
A company needs to manage multiple Kubernetes clusters across different AWS Regions and on-premises environments from a single control plane. Which AWS service provides this?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse Amazon ECS with Kubernetes management, or assume that AWS Fargate can serve as a multi-cluster management plane, when in fact only EKS with EKS Connector provides the specific capability to register and manage external Kubernetes clusters from a single AWS console.
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Amazon EKS with EKS Connector
Amazon EKS with EKS Connector allows you to register and connect any Kubernetes cluster—whether running in AWS, on-premises, or in other clouds—to the AWS EKS console. This provides a single control plane view for managing multiple clusters across different AWS Regions and on-premises environments, fulfilling the requirement exactly.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Amazon ECS
Why it's wrong here
Amazon ECS is AWS's proprietary container orchestration service that manages its own clusters and services using ECS APIs, not the Kubernetes API. It cannot manage Kubernetes clusters, does not support registering external or on-premises Kubernetes control planes, and provides no connector equivalent to EKS Connector. While ECS can run containerized workloads at scale, it is a different orchestration stack and does not meet the requirement for unified Kubernetes cluster management across multiple locations.
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Amazon EKS with EKS Connector
Why this is correct
Amazon EKS with EKS Connector is the correct choice because EKS Connector registers any conformant Kubernetes cluster—whether running on AWS, on-premises, or in another cloud—with Amazon EKS for unified visibility and management through the AWS console. It spans EKS clusters, EKS Anywhere environments, and third-party clusters, enabling consistent inventory and operations without requiring the external cluster to be moved or migrated. This capability directly matches the requirement to manage multiple Kubernetes clusters from a single pane of glass.
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AWS Fargate
Why it's wrong here
AWS Fargate is a serverless compute engine for containers, not a multi-cluster management service. With EKS, Fargate only supplies runtimes for individual pods through a Fargate profile, so a single Fargate setup cannot register, aggregate, or administer separate Kubernetes control planes. Fargate also has no mechanism for connecting external or on-premises Kubernetes clusters and lacks the registration agent needed to provide console-based cross-cluster visibility.
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Amazon EC2 with self-managed Kubernetes
Why it's wrong here
Running self-managed Kubernetes on Amazon EC2 means you are responsible for deploying, patching, and upgrading your own control plane and worker nodes using kubeadm or similar tools. This approach gives you full control but does not provide a built-in way to register multiple Kubernetes clusters into the AWS console for unified management. Because the clusters remain entirely separate operational environments, you would need to build your own central management solution instead of using AWS's integrated EKS Connector capability.
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