Amazon CloudWatch launches OTel Container Insights for Amazon EKS
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This article announces the launch of CloudWatch OTel Container Insights for Amazon EKS, providing infrastructure metrics collection with OpenTelemetry support.
- Collects infrastructure metrics at 30-second granularity using cAdvisor, Kube State Metrics, and NVIDIA DCGM receivers
- Metrics include OpenTelemetry semantic conventions and Kubernetes labels for easy correlation across nodes, pods, and workloads
- Pre-built dashboards provide visibility into cluster health, node performance, and pod-level resource usage
- CloudWatch PromQL endpoint enables direct connection of existing Prometheus and Grafana dashboards
- Enable via EKS console, CloudWatch Observability add-on (v6.2.0+), Helm, or CloudFormation
- Available in all commercial AWS Regions except Middle East (UAE), Middle East (Bahrain), and Israel (Tel Aviv)
OTel Container Insights simplifies Kubernetes observability by providing comprehensive infrastructure metrics with native OpenTelemetry support and dashboard integration.
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