AWS Backup adds EKS support to Germany's European Sovereign Cloud
AWS Backup now supports Amazon EKS in the European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) Region, offering managed data protection for EKS clusters. This feature enables automated scheduling, retention, immutable vaults, and cross-Region copies, benefiting users needing disaster recovery or compliance in that specific region. The solution is agent-free and can protect entire clusters, namespaces, or persistent volumes.
- →AWS Backup EKS support now in Germany's European Sovereign Cloud
- →Centralized, agent-free data protection for EKS clusters
Features (1) ›
- AWS Backup EKS support now in Germany's European Sovereign Cloud
AWS Backup support for Amazon EKS is now available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) Region. This expansion brings fully-managed, policy-based data protection and recovery to EKS clusters in this region.
Enhancements (1) ›
- Centralized, agent-free data protection for EKS clusters
Users can protect entire EKS clusters, specific namespaces, or individual persistent volumes using a centralized, agent-free solution. This capability replaces custom scripts or third-party tools for disaster recovery, compliance, or before EKS cluster upgrades.
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/aws-backup-amazon-eks-aws-european-sovereign-cloud/
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