CloudWatch Container Insights

• Provides detailed metrics and logs for containerized applications and their infrastructure.

• Automatically collects, aggregates, and summarizes performance data.

Supported Platforms

• Amazon ECS

• Amazon EKS

• Kubernetes on EC2

• AWS Fargate (ECS & EKS)

How It Works

• For EKS and Kubernetes on EC2, runs a containerized CloudWatch Agent (via DaemonSet) to auto-discover containers and collect telemetry.

• For ECS and Fargate, integrates directly with AWS services to collect metrics without manual configuration.

Metrics Collected

• CPU, memory, disk, and network usage for:
• Clusters
• Nodes
• Pods
• Tasks and services

• Performance data for containerized workloads and underlying infrastructure.

Use Cases

• Identify bottlenecks in containerized workloads.

• Monitor resource utilization for scaling decisions.

• Troubleshoot performance issues in real-time.