# tnova.net/jinko/tech/k8s-nodegroup-spec-hash
Associated to Nodegroups created via eksctl
by jinko-gitops
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Value is the MD5 hash of the eksctl
specification schema used to create this nodegroup. Its used to identify drift in specification and update/delete/create Nodegroups when needed: on update, the MD5 hash of the given spec is compared with the existing one and actions are taken accordingly.