
AWS CDK Observability Accelerator simplifies end-to-end observability setup for Amazon EKS clusters with one-click deployment using AWS-native services like CloudWatch and open-source tools like Prometheus and Grafana.


<div><p>This article announces the AWS CDK Observability Accelerator, a tool for setting up observability on Amazon EKS clusters using Infrastructure as Code.</p><ul><li>Simplifies EKS observability provisioning with one-click deployment using AWS CDK</li><li>Supports two patterns: open-source (Prometheus, Grafana) and AWS-native (CloudWatch)</li><li>Open-source pattern deploys ADOT collector, Grafana Operator, Flux GitOps, and managed services</li><li>AWS-native pattern uses CloudWatch Container Insights for metrics and logs collection</li><li>Includes pre-built Grafana dashboards for cluster, nodes, kubelet, and workload monitoring</li><li>Supports both new EKS clusters and existing cluster deployments</li><li>Available as CDK and Terraform versions for infrastructure automation</li></ul><p>AWS CDK Observability Accelerator provides ready-to-use patterns for comprehensive EKS monitoring without manual configuration, supporting both open-source and AWS-native observability approaches.</p></div>


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