Automation Suite on EKS/AKS installation guide

Last updated May 6, 2025

Cross-deployment model feature comparison

We aim to provide feature parity between our Automation Suite deployment models. However, there will always be some differences you should be aware of.

If you need to deploy Automation Suite in different supported environments, refer to the following guides:

User scenario/Feature	Automation Suite on Linux	Automation Suite on AKS	Automation Suite on EKS	Automation Suite on OpenShift
Service capabilities
Orchestrator
AI Center
AI Center with external orchestrator (standalone)
Apps
Action Center
Automation Hub
Automation Ops
Data Service
Document Understanding
Insights
Integration Service
Automation Suite Robots
Process Mining
Task Mining
Test Manager
Communications mining
Studio Web
Architecture
Kubernetes	Rancher RKE2	AKS	EKS	OpenShift
Databases	MS SQL Note: Additional Microsoft SQL platforms, such as Azure SQL Database or Azure SQL Managed Instance, as well as Amazon Relational Database Service are also supported as long as the Microsoft SQL Server database engine meets the requirements. PostgreSQL for Process Mining Airflow database Note: Automation Suite 2024.10.3 or higher.
Storage	Option 1: Object Storage (Ceph) Option 2: Object storage external to the cluster UiPath® provides Ceph.	Object Storage: Azure Blob Filesystem: Azure Filesystem Block Storage: Azure Disks	Object Storage: AWS S3 Filesystem: AWS EFS Block Storage: AWS EBS	Objectstore - Azure Blob, AWS S3, S3-compatible objectstore File System - StorageClass for workloads that do not require replication Block storage - StorageClass with replication for the persistent volume
Service Mesh and Routing	Rancher provided Istio Service Mesh Routing via envoy ingress gateway	OSS Istio Service Mesh Routing via WASM plugin	OSS Istio Service Mesh Routing via WASM plugin	OpenShift Service Mesh Routing via WASM plugin
OPA	OSS Gatekeeper	OSS Gatekeeper	OSS Gatekeeper
Monitoring	Rancher provided Prometheus and Grafana	OSS Prometheus and Grafana	OSS Prometheus and Grafana
Caching	Embedded Redis within the cluster and provided by UiPath®	Cloud Redis outside the cluster and managed by customer	Cloud Redis outside the cluster and managed by customer	External Redis Enterprise OpenShift Redis Enterprise Operator managed by customer
Logging Aggregation	Rancher provided Fluend/Fluent-bit	OSS Fluend/Fluent-bit	OSS Fluend/Fluent-bit
Cert Manager	OSS Cert Manager	OSS Cert Manager	OSS Cert Manager	OpenShift Cert Manager Operator
Deployment tool	OSS ArgoCD	OSS ArgoCD	OSS ArgoCD	OpenShift GitOps Operator
Deployment scenario
Single Node (Non-production)
Multi Node (HA)	(requires additional HAA license)
Online
Offline
Deployment method
Advanced CLI	`uipathctl`	`uipathctl`	`uipathctl`	`uipathctl`
Interactive Installer	(`InstallUiPathAS.sh`)
GUI-based wizard		GUI-based wizard for generating the cluster configuration file. For details, see Generating the configuration file using a wizard.	GUI-based wizard for generating the cluster configuration file. For details, see Generating the configuration file using a wizard.	GUI-based wizard for generating the cluster configuration file. For details, see Generating the configuration file using a wizard.
Cloud deployment templates	(AWS, Azure, GCP)
Marketplace	(AWS QS Only)
Installation
A la carte product selection
Custom domain
Custom certificates
Hardware requirements validation
Proxy configuration
Optional OSS/fabric component
Enterprise grade features
Disaster Recovery	(Active/Passive and Active/Active deployments)	(Multi-zone architecture for UiPath® services without zone affinity. Insights not supported.)	(Multi-zone architecture for UiPath® services without zone affinity. Insights not supported.)	(Multi-zone architecture for UiPath® services without zone affinity. Insights not supported.)
Backup/restore				You must use your own backup and restore solution.
Upgrade
Troubleshooting
Support bundle	(`support-bundle.sh`)	(`uipathctl`)	(`uipathctl`)	(`uipathctl`)
Diagnostic tool	(`diagnostics-report.sh`)	(`uipathctl`)	(`uipathctl`)	(`uipathctl`)
Health Checks		(`uipathctl`)	(`uipathctl`)	(`uipathctl`)
Security
FIPS enabled host
Gatekeeper/OPA policy
Network policy
Hardened UiPath® service container images
ArgoCD SSO	(LDAP only)
mTLS for service communication
Migration options
Standalone Orchestrator to Automation Suite full migration
Standalone Orchestrator to Automation single tenant migration options
Automation Suite on Linux to Automation Suite on AKS/EKS
Automation Suite on Linux to Automation Suite on OpenShift

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