The latest beta release of Couchbase Autonomous Operator 2.0 introduces significant updates, including fully autonomous enterprise-grade features like security, monitoring, high-availability, and manageability, along with native integration for Prometheus metrics collection. This integration allows for the collection and visualization of Couchbase Server metrics in tools such as Grafana, enhancing monitoring capabilities. The blog post outlines a simple deployment process on Amazon EKS, detailing steps such as creating a Kubernetes cluster, deploying a Couchbase cluster with Prometheus Exporter, and configuring resources like ServiceMonitors and Custom Resource Definitions. It emphasizes the benefits of deploying Prometheus and Grafana within Kubernetes to maintain a cloud-native architecture, while also offering a glimpse into future enhancements for a more robust setup.