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Amazon CloudWatch launches OTel Container Insights for Amazon EKS

Amazon CloudWatch launches OTel Container Insights for Amazon EKS

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Amazon CloudWatch now supports 30-second granularity OTel metrics for EKS, allowing direct integration with Prometheus and Grafana workflows.
What: The update enables OpenTelemetry-based collection via standard receivers like cAdvisor, Kube State Metrics, and NVIDIA DCGM, exposing cluster data through a dedicated PromQL endpoint.
Why it matters: It standardizes infrastructure observability by aligning AWS native tooling with open-source telemetry conventions, easing the transition for teams already using Prometheus.
Takeaway: Enable the CloudWatch Observability add-on (v6.2.0+) to start collecting high-resolution infrastructure metrics for your Amazon EKS clusters.
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  • OTel (OpenTelemetry): A vendor-neutral set of APIs and tools for collecting, processing, and exporting telemetry data (metrics, logs, traces).
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Amazon CloudWatch launches OTel Container Insights for Amazon EKS

CloudWatch OTel Container Insights for Amazon EKS collects infrastructure metrics at 30-second granularity using open-source receivers including cAdvisor, Kube State Metrics, and NVIDIA DCGM. Each metric carries OpenTelemetry semantic conventions and Kubernetes labels, making it straightforward to correlate across nodes, pods, and workloads in a single PromQL query.

Pre-built dashboards give you immediate visibility into cluster health, node performance, and pod-level resource usage. The CloudWatch PromQL endpoint lets you connect existing Prometheus and Grafana dashboards directly to CloudWatch.

Enable it from the EKS console or via the 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). For pricing details, see the Amazon CloudWatch pricing page. To get started, see the OTel Container Insights documentation.

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