feat: switch from Auto Mode default nodepools to custom Karpenter nodepools

allamand · allamand · commit 5c4efb0e7ac1 · 2026-02-02T22:52:07.000+01:00
- Comment out compute_config in Terraform to disable Auto Mode default nodepools
- Enable customNodepools in platform-manifests values
- Custom nodepools provide more control over instance types, taints, and disruption policies
diff --git a/gitops/addons/default/addons/platform-manifests/values.yaml b/gitops/addons/default/addons/platform-manifests/values.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ gpu:
   enabled: true
 
 customNodepools:
-  enabled: false  # TODO Disabled to avoid conflict with Auto Mode nodepools while not in EKS Capabilities
+  enabled: true  # Enable custom Karpenter nodepools (Auto Mode default nodepools disabled in Terraform)
 
 # Hugging Face models to download and store in S3
 # Note: Values with {{ }} will be templated by Helm at render time
diff --git a/platform/infra/terraform/cluster/main.tf b/platform/infra/terraform/cluster/main.tf
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ module "eks" {
     }
   }
   
-  compute_config = {
-    enabled    = true
-    node_pools = ["general-purpose", "system"]
-  }
+  # Comment out default Auto Mode nodepools to use custom Karpenter nodepools instead
+  # compute_config = {
+  #   enabled    = true
+  #   node_pools = ["general-purpose", "system"]
+  # }
 
   tags = {
     Blueprint  = local.context_prefix

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ module "eks" {`
`58`	`58`	`}`
`59`	`59`	`}`
`60`	`60`
`61`		`- compute_config = {`
`62`		`- enabled = true`
`63`		`- node_pools = ["general-purpose", "system"]`
`64`		`- }`
	`61`	`+ # Comment out default Auto Mode nodepools to use custom Karpenter nodepools instead`
	`62`	`+ # compute_config = {`
	`63`	`+ # enabled = true`
	`64`	`+ # node_pools = ["general-purpose", "system"]`
	`65`	`+ # }`
`65`	`66`
`66`	`67`	`tags = {`
`67`	`68`	`Blueprint = local.context_prefix`