Does EKS perform any updates without initiation from administrator?

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Premise:
- Updates of kubernetes version or of the node group AMI drain nodes and and gracefully terminate any pods running on the nodes. 
- We want to make sure that this happens only at times that we choose.

Question: Must any updates that are performed be initiated by me (or by some other principal such as terraform)?

Eunsu_Shin · Accepted Answer

Amazon EKS does NOT initiate the update(Nodes) without your consent. In other words,  you have the right to initiate the update. 
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/update-managed-node-group.html

PS. Amazon EKS will automatically upgrade existing control planes (not nodes) to the oldest supported version through a gradual deployment process after the end of support date. After the automatic control plane update, you must manually update cluster add-ons and Amazon EC2 nodes. Amazon EKS does not allow control planes to stay on a version that has reached end of support.

Does EKS perform any updates without initiation from administrator?

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