AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry

Results: Check ECS instance metrics in Amazon CloudWatch

Results: Check ECS instance metrics in Amazon CloudWatch

In this section, we will check the metrics in Amazon CloudWatch collected using AWS ECS Container metrics receiver.



  1. Check CloudWatch Logs

Let’s go to CloudWatch console and select Log groups from the left side navigation. Search for our log group name /aws/ecs/containerinsights/{ClusterName}/performance and then click the log stream name which is your NodeTelemetry-{containerInstanceId}. We should see our expected (following) metrics. These logs use the CloudWatch Embedded Metric Format (EMF) to generate CloudWatch Metrics. Following is an example for received logs in the CloudWatch console.

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  1. Check CloudWatch metrics

In the CloudWatch Console, from the left side panel, select Metrics. You should be able to see ECS/ContainerInsights namespace. Click it and you will see the expected metrics.

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