node-pools: document arm64 worker pools on AWS#3125
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Adds a new section to the node pools tutorial documenting how to run arm64 (AWS Graviton) worker pools using the `architecture` field on `global.nodePools`. Available from Giant Swarm release version 35 (cluster-aws v8.5.0 -- giantswarm/cluster-aws#1920).
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…-pools/index.md Co-authored-by: Fernando Ripoll <fernando@giantswarm.io>
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| - **`instanceType`**: must be an arm64 family (for example `m7g.xlarge`, `t4g.medium`). x86_64 instance types will fail to boot. | ||
| - **A `kubernetes.io/arch=arm64:NoSchedule` taint** under `customNodeTaints`: prevents amd64-only workloads from being scheduled onto the pool. This taint is not added automatically, intentionally, so it doesn't override existing taint configuration. | ||
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| Example values mixing x86_64 and arm64 pools in the same cluster: |
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| Example values mixing x86_64 and arm64 pools in the same cluster: | |
| An example of configuration values mixing x86_64 and arm64 pools in the same cluster: |
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Adds a new section to the node pools tutorial documenting how to run arm64 (AWS Graviton) worker pools using the
architecturefield onglobal.nodePools. Available from Giant Swarm release version 35 (cluster-aws v8.5.0 — giantswarm/cluster-aws#1920).