How to Deploy the Open-Source Milvus Vector Database on Amazon EKS

This post details the practical steps and considerations for deploying a Milvus cluster on AWS EKS. It covers prerequisites like AWS CLI, EKS tools, S3, and MSK, with specific guidance on MSK configuration for Kafka's autoCreateTopics feature and message throughput. It outlines the creation of an EKS cluster using eksctl, including IAM service accounts for S3 access and the AWS Load Balancer Controller, and node group configuration. The post then proceeds to detail the deployment of Milvus itself using Helm charts, configuring it to use AWS services like S3 for object storage and MSK for message storage, and setting up an AWS Load Balancer for external access.