> Can I connect my EKS Anywhere cluster to EKS?
> Yes, you can install EKS Connector to connect your EKS Anywhere cluster to AWS EKS. EKS Connector is a software agent that you can install on the EKS Anywhere cluster that enables the cluster to communicate back to AWS. Once connected, you can immediately see the EKS Anywhere cluster with workload and cluster configuration information on the EKS console, alongside your EKS clusters.
My guess is that this is similar to Google's Anthos Connect agent https://cloud.google.com/anthos/multicluster-management/conn... that initiates the bi-directional connection from the on-prem to cloud (as opposed to opening a firewall rule for the cloud to access on-prem). That way, the cluster shows up and is manageable through a UI that is hosted on AWS Console.
Another interesting point is that I don't see a fee or price for installing this to your local VMware set up. I am not sure if it has to dial to AWS APIs to work (my guess: not really). So it can be treated as just another Kubernetes packaging that runs the AWS' distro by default.
Props to AWS for putting this out there and doing it in the open. I look forward to reading on how it compares with other Kubernetes installation methods given this doesn't manage the on-prem Kubernetes for you.