# Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Documentation

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a managed service that makes it easy for you to run Kubernetes on Amazon without needing to install and operate your own Kubernetes clusters.

- [User Guide](/en_us/eks/latest/userguide/): Describes key concepts of Amazon EKS and provides instructions for using the features of Amazon EKS.
- [API Reference](/en_us/eks/latest/APIReference/): Documents the Amazon EKS API.

## Additional Kubernetes deployment options

- [Amazon EKS on Amazon Outposts](/en_us/eks/latest/userguide/eks-outposts.html): Describes how to use Amazon EKS on Amazon Outposts.
- [Amazon EKS Distro](https://distro.eks.amazonaws.com/): Describes how to use the Amazon EKS Distro.
- [Kubernetes Deployment Option Comparison](/en_us/eks/latest/userguide/eks-deployment-options.html): Compare the features of the different Kubernetes deployment options.