How to Monitor the AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service Cluster Using eG Enterprise?

To monitor the AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service cluster using eG Enterprise, you need to first manage it.

eG Enterprise does not automatically discover the AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service cluster. To manage the cluster therefore, you need to manually add it to the eG Enterprise system using the eG admin interface. For this, follow the steps below:

  1. Login to the eG admin interface.

  2. Figure 1 then appears prompting you to pick what you want to monitor. Select Kubernetes and Containers from Figure 1.

    Figure 1 : Choosing Kubernetes and Containers option

  3. eG Enterprise monitors AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service clusters in an agentless manner. To monitor the applications running on its containers, eG Enterprise recommends container agents as shown in Figure 2. Select Kubernetes, Rancher, OpenShift, EKS, AKS, Tanzu, Google from Figure 2.

    Figure 2 : Choosing Container Agent option

  4. This will invoke Figure 3. Select Kubernetes Cluster from Selective Monitoring section.

    Figure 3 : Choosing Kubernetes Cluster option

  5. This will invoke Figure 4. Select AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service as container orchestration type.

    Figure 4 : Choosing AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service

  6. This will invoke a page, using which you can configure the details of the AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service cluster you want to monitor.

  7. In that page, specify the following:

    • Provide a unique NICK NAME for the AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service cluster you want to monitor.

    • Specify the PORT at which the cluster listens.
    • The eG agent requires an authentication bearer token to access the Kubernetes API, run API commands on the cluster, and pull metrics of interest. The steps for generating this token have been detailed in How Does eG Enterprise Monitor a Kubernetes/OpenShift Cluster? topic. You will also find these steps displayed in the right panel of the page. Once you generate a token by following the displayed (or documented) steps, copy the token and paste it against AUTHENTICATION TOKEN.
    • Specify the IP address of the Kubernetes API against LOAD BALANCER / MASTER NODE IP text box. To determine the IP address of the Kubernetes API, follow the steps detailed in thetopicHow Does eG Enterprise Monitor a Kubernetes/OpenShift Cluster? topic.
    • Select the remote agent from the REMOTE AGENT list.

    • Finally, click the Update button to add the component to eG Enterprise.