EKS Fargate Spot Cheat Sheet

Cost-aware workloads on AWS Fargate Spot

Last Updated: November 21, 2025

Focus Areas

Focus
Mark workloads as tolerating interruptions
Fallback to regular Fargate when Spot is exhausted

Commands & Queries

eksctl create fargateprofile
Define Fargate tasks
kubectl label pod spot=true
Categorize Spot workloads
aws ecs list-capacity-providers
Check Fargate availability

Summary

Pair cost-sensitive jobs with Fargate Spot and keep fallbacks ready.

💡 Pro Tip: Plan for restarts and use pods that can tolerate scheduling delays.
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