Monitoring EKS in AWS Cloudwatch

AWS EKS, a fully managed Kubernetes service, offers agility, scalability, and resilience to businesses handling containerized applications. However, a successful deployment requires robust monitoring and tracing beyond the built-in CloudWatch solution. EKS control plane logging provides indispensable audit and diagnostic logs that can be funneled directly into CloudWatch Logs, offering flexibility in selecting log types and bundling them as log streams for every EKS cluster within CloudWatch. To enable this feature, users must toggle between different log types for both new and existing clusters using the AWS CLI or the Amazon EKS API. Additionally, users should be aware of associated costs, including CloudWatch Logs data ingestion, storage, and additional AWS resources. Users can also access their logs through the AWS Management Console's graphical edge or by utilizing the AWS CLI to list available log groups, identify their EKS cluster log group, and fetch specific log events. Furthermore, tools like Lumigo's Kubernetes operator can help transform verbose logs into actionable insights, providing clarity in issue detection and debugging.

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