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What does this PR do?

This PR enables multi-region performance workloads by upgrading to AWS Provider v6 and adding native multi-region support. It includes three key enhancements:

  1. AWS Provider v6 Upgrade - Enables enhanced multi-region resource management
  2. Multi-Region Deployment Support - Adds region variable for cross-region deployments
  3. FluentBit Configuration Fix - Adds missing configuration_values parameter support

These changes specifically target performance-critical workloads like Unreal Cloud DDC and Perforce that require multi-region deployments for performance optimization (not just disaster recovery), but also provides benefits in general.

Motivation

Business Need: Organizations deploying performance-critical workloads need multi-region EKS clusters for:

  • 🎮 Unreal Cloud DDC: Game developers require DDC clusters in multiple regions for faster Unreal Engine workflows through cached derived data
  • 🔧 Perforce: Development teams need Perforce edge servers across regions for code sync performance
  • 🏗️ Global Development Teams: Engineering teams across regions need local build clusters for faster compilation and testing

Current Limitations:

  • Single-region deployment assumption in current module
  • AWS Provider v5 constraints make multi-region resource management cumbersome
  • FluentBit configuration_values parameter ignored, forcing manual helm commands

Real-World Testing: Successfully tested in production environment with multi-region Unreal DDC deployment using terraform init -upgrade - no compatibility issues encountered.

Technical Changes

🌍 Multi-Region Support

  • New: region variable for explicit region override
  • Benefit: Deploy EKS addons to different regions within same Terraform state
  • Usage:
    # US East cluster
    module "addons_us_east" {
      source = "aws-ia/eks-blueprints-addons/aws"
      region = "us-east-1"
      cluster_name = "ddc-us-east"
    }
    
    # EU West cluster  
    module "addons_eu_west" {
      source = "aws-ia/eks-blueprints-addons/aws"
      region = "eu-west-1" 
      cluster_name = "ddc-eu-west"
    }

🔧 AWS Provider v6 Upgrade

  • Files: versions.tf, tests/complete/versions.tf, README.md
  • Benefit: Better multi-region networking, IAM, and resource dependencies
  • Impact: Enables complex multi-region architectures in single Terraform state

🐛 FluentBit Configuration Fix

  • Problem: Custom configuration_values ignored, forcing manual helm commands
  • Solution: Merge configuration_values with existing values parameter
  • Usage:
    aws_for_fluentbit = {
      configuration_values = jsonencode({
        cloudWatchLogs = {
          logGroupName = "/aws/eks/cluster/application/custom"
        }
      })
    }

📦 Provider Updates

  • Helm: >= 2.16.0, < 3.0.0 (compatible with child modules)
  • Kubernetes: >= 2.33.0 (improved multi-cluster management)

Breaking Changes

⚠️ AWS Provider v6 Required - This is a major version bump

Migration Benefits:

  • Multi-region capabilities for performance workloads
  • Better resource management across regions
  • Future-proofing for AWS service evolution
  • Enhanced security and stability

Migration Path:

terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = ">= 6.0"
    }
  }
}

More

  • Yes, I have tested the PR using my local account setup (Successfully deployed multi-region Unreal DDC infrastructure with terraform init -upgrade - no compatibility issues)
  • Yes, I ran pre-commit run -a with this PR

Additional Notes

Test Evidence:

  • Deployed to production environment with multi-region EKS clusters
  • Validated FluentBit configuration_values functionality with custom log group configuration
  • Confirmed compatibility with existing child modules (aws-ia/eks-blueprints-addon/aws v1.1.1)
  • No version conflicts encountered during provider upgrades

For Moderators

  • E2E Test successfully complete before merge?

Additional Notes

- Update AWS provider requirement from >= 5.0 to >= 6.0
- Enable superior multi-region resource management capabilities
- Required for performance workloads like Unreal Cloud DDC and Perforce

BREAKING CHANGE: Requires AWS Provider v6.0+
- Add support for configuration_values parameter in aws_for_fluentbit module
- Merge configuration_values with existing values parameter for Helm chart
- Update documentation with usage example
- Fixes issue where custom FluentBit configuration was ignored

This allows users to pass custom configuration without manual helm commands:
aws_for_fluentbit = {
  configuration_values = jsonencode({
    cloudWatchLogs = {
      logGroupName = "/aws/eks/cluster/application/custom"
    }
  })
}
@novekm novekm requested a review from a team as a code owner September 7, 2025 20:40
@novekm novekm changed the title feat: enable multi-region deployments and fix FluentBit configuration support Feat: enable multi-region deployments and fix FluentBit configuration support Sep 7, 2025
…erge

- Remove incorrect try() function usage with conditional expression
- Fix syntax error that was preventing configuration_values from being merged
- Now properly merges configuration_values with existing values parameter
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