sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws@v1.5.5/docs/book/src/topics/images/amis.md (about) 1 # AWS Machine Images for CAPA Clusters 2 3 CAPA requires a “machine image” containing pre-installed, matching versions of kubeadm and kubelet. 4 Machine image is either auto-resolved by CAPA to a public AMI that matches the Kubernetes version in `KubeadmControlPlane` or `MachineDeployment` spec, 5 or an appropriate custom image ID for the Kubernetes version can be set in `AWSMachineTemplate` spec. 6 7 [Pre-built public AMIs](built-amis.md) are published by the maintainers regularly for each new Kubernetes version. 8 9 [Custom images](custom-amis.md) can be created using [image-builder][image-builder] project. 10 11 [image-builder]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder