Add support for Graviton2 - AL2_ARM_64 ami_type for EKS managed node groups

[casey-robertson]

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Description

Add support to EKS : aws_eks_node_group to support the AL2_ARM_64 ami_type (ARM-based Graviton2 processors) for EKS managed node groups using M6 instances

New or Affected Resource(s)

• aws_eks_node_group / ami_type

Potential Terraform Configuration

resource "aws_eks_node_group" "example" {
  cluster_name    = aws_eks_cluster.example.name
  node_group_name = "example"
  node_role_arn   = aws_iam_role.example.arn
  subnet_ids      = aws_subnet.example[*].id

  scaling_config {
    desired_size = 1
    max_size     = 1
    min_size     = 1
  }
}
  ami_type       = AL2_ARM_64
  disk_size      = 80
  instance_types = m6g.large

References

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/eks-on-graviton-generally-available/
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/APIReference/API_Nodegroup.html

[casey-robertson]

Looks like this PR has addressed the request: #14729

[ewbankkit]

@casey-robertson Thanks for raising this issue.
Yes, #14729, scheduled to be released with v3.3.0 of the Terraform AWS Provider, addresses this.

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