As Kubernetes gains traction, the Amazon EKS Distro offers a significant contribution to the cloud-native community by providing a verified and supported version of Kubernetes components, including the scheduler, API server, and etcd, packaged as Docker images with backported security fixes. This allows organizations not utilizing Amazon's managed Kubernetes service to benefit from a secure, single upstream vendor without the limitations of AWS's managed services. The announcement at AWS re:Invent highlights how users can leverage the Amazon EKS Distro for more control over their Kubernetes clusters while maintaining security and reliability. Utilizing Pulumi, users can easily provision an Amazon EKS Distro cluster by integrating its images into the Kubernetes setup, benefiting from Pulumi’s resource management and programming capabilities, ultimately offering flexibility, control, and confidence in building and managing resilient Kubernetes environments.