AKS

Amazon EKS is an AWS-managed Kubernetes environment. The video uses it as an example of a Kubernetes platform whose operation differs from other Kubernetes environments.

Amazon EKS is a managed Kubernetes service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) for running Kubernetes clusters and workloads on AWS infrastructure. It provides managed control planes and integrates with AWS services and Kubernetes tooling.

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a managed container orchestration service from Amazon Web Services for deploying, running, and scaling Docker-compatible containers. It supports AWS-hosted tasks and services through launch types including Amazon EC2 and AWS Fargate, and integrates with other AWS services such as IAM, Elastic Load Balancing, and CloudWatch.

Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-source container orchestration system hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. It manages containerized applications across multiple hosts, providing mechanisms for deploying, maintaining, scaling, and scheduling workloads. Applications can be configured with YAML and deployed across hybrid-cloud environments; the platform is also used for production operations involving storage, databases, networking, and security hardening.

Unkey is a developer platform that combines API deployment, gateways, and observability into a single service for building and operating modern APIs. It presents tools for deploying, managing, and monitoring APIs under one platform.