Rekor CarCheck™ Release Notes - May 2025 (EKS v2.0.0)

Includes major infrastructure and security upgrades.

Enhancements and Improvements 

(This section describes enhancements and improvements added for Rekor CarCheck.)

  • Complete Infrastructure Migration: Transitioned from AWS Elastic Beanstalk to Amazon EKS for improved observability, scalability, reliability, and orchestration.
  • Enhanced Security: Implemented AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) with custom rule sets to filter malicious traffic and protect API endpoints
  • Improved Resource Management: Configured horizontal pod autoscaling (HPA) with target CPU utilization of 10% (scaling from 20-120 pods in production),
  • High Availability: Implemented pod disruption budgets (PDBs) and pod anti-affinity rules to ensure service reliability during node maintenance
  • Enhanced Monitoring: Added Datadog integration for improved observability with auto multi-line log detection
  • Networking Upgrades: Implemented AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) with automatic HTTP to HTTPS redirection and health check configuration
  • Secret Management: Integrated with AWS Secrets Manager and External Secrets Operator for secure credential management