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Tools for collecting Amazon EKS metrics

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Date Published
Author
Maxim Brown
Word Count
3,292
Language
English
Hacker News Points
-
Summary

Maxim Brown discusses the importance of monitoring an EKS cluster and provides various methods for accessing Kubernetes metrics, including Kubernetes-native methods, AWS CloudWatch, and a dedicated monitoring service. He explains how to use tools like `kubectl`, Kubernetes Dashboard, and AWS CLI to collect and visualize metrics from the cluster. He also highlights the limitations of these methods and introduces a dedicated monitoring service that can centralize all sources of data into one platform, providing a more complete picture of the EKS cluster's health and performance.