EKS Container Insights not collecting metrics - Resolved by upgrading CloudWatch Observability addon #383
Description
Issue
Container Insights namespace was not present in CloudWatch, and no metrics or logs were being collected from the EKS cluster.
Resolution
After upgrading the Amazon CloudWatch Observability addon to version v3.4.0-eksbuild.1 or later in the PetSite cluster, metrics collection began functioning properly.
Environment
- Cluster Name: PetSite
- Service: Amazon EKS
- Component: CloudWatch Container Insights
- Addon: Amazon CloudWatch Observability
- Fixed Version: v3.4.0-eksbuild.1
Additional Notes
This issue was resolved by simply updating the addon version, no additional configuration was required.