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VM Grouping for EC2 instances

To optimize scanning efficiency, Aikido groups certain EC2 instances and scans only one instance from each group. Grouping works as follows:

  • Auto Scaling Groups (ASG): All EC2 instances in the same AWS Auto Scaling Group are shown as a single VM group in Aikido. The VM group's name matches the ASG name.
  • Karpenter Node Pools: All EC2 instances that belong to the same Karpenter node pool within an EKS cluster are grouped together. The VM group's name matches the instance name pattern used by Karpenter.
  • No grouping: EC2 instances that are not part of an ASG or Karpenter node pool are treated as standalone VMs and scanned individually.