Update Windows compatibility hint to recommend AL2023 instead of AL2 (#8714)

guessi · web-flow · commit ab953f9c60e2 · 2026-04-28T10:40:10.000-07:00
diff --git a/pkg/eks/nodegroup.go b/pkg/eks/nodegroup.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func LogWindowsCompatibility(nodeGroups []KubeNodeGroup, clusterMeta *api.Cluste
 	if hasWindowsNode(nodeGroups) {
 		if !hasAmazonLinux2Node(nodeGroups) {
 			logger.Warning("a Linux node group is required to support Windows workloads")
-			logger.Warning("add it using 'eksctl create nodegroup --cluster=%s --node-ami-family=%s'", clusterMeta.Name, api.NodeImageFamilyAmazonLinux2)
+			logger.Warning("add it using 'eksctl create nodegroup --cluster=%s --node-ami-family=%s'", clusterMeta.Name, api.NodeImageFamilyAmazonLinux2023)
 		}
 		logger.Warning("Windows VPC resource controller is required to run Windows workloads")
 		logger.Warning("install it using 'eksctl utils install-vpc-controllers --name=%s --region=%s --approve'", clusterMeta.Name, clusterMeta.Region)

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func LogWindowsCompatibility(nodeGroups []KubeNodeGroup, clusterMeta *api.Cluste`
`83`	`83`	`if hasWindowsNode(nodeGroups) {`
`84`	`84`	`if !hasAmazonLinux2Node(nodeGroups) {`
`85`	`85`	`logger.Warning("a Linux node group is required to support Windows workloads")`
`86`		`- logger.Warning("add it using 'eksctl create nodegroup --cluster=%s --node-ami-family=%s'", clusterMeta.Name, api.NodeImageFamilyAmazonLinux2)`
	`86`	`+ logger.Warning("add it using 'eksctl create nodegroup --cluster=%s --node-ami-family=%s'", clusterMeta.Name, api.NodeImageFamilyAmazonLinux2023)`
`87`	`87`	`}`
`88`	`88`	`logger.Warning("Windows VPC resource controller is required to run Windows workloads")`
`89`	`89`	`logger.Warning("install it using 'eksctl utils install-vpc-controllers --name=%s --region=%s --approve'", clusterMeta.Name, clusterMeta.Region)`