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AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudWatch · 2026-06-10 · Documentation low

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/deploy-container-insights-EKS.md

Summary

Complete restructuring of Container Insights documentation, replacing detailed setup instructions with overview of OTel (recommended) and Classic approaches, adding comparison and migration guides.

Security assessment

No security vulnerabilities or weaknesses are addressed. Changes involve documentation reorganization and approach recommendations without security-specific content.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/deploy-container-insights-EKS.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/deploy-container-insights-EKS.md
index 81d037164..dd34034d2 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/deploy-container-insights-EKS.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/deploy-container-insights-EKS.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-# Setting up Container Insights on Amazon EKS and Kubernetes
+# Amazon EKS
@@ -9,34 +9 @@
-Container Insights is supported on Amazon EKS versions 1.23 and later. The quick start method of installation is supported only on versions 1.24 and later.
-
-The overall process for setting up Container Insights on Amazon EKS or Kubernetes is as follows:
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-  1. Verify that you have the necessary prerequisites.
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-  2. Set up the Amazon CloudWatch Observability EKS add-on, the CloudWatch agent, or AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry on your cluster to send metrics to CloudWatch. 
-
-###### Note
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-To use Container Insights with enhanced observability for Amazon EKS, you must use the Amazon CloudWatch Observability EKS add-on or the CloudWatch agent. For more information about this version of Container Insights, see [Container Insights with enhanced observability for Amazon EKS](./container-insights-detailed-metrics.html).
-
-To use Container Insights with Fargate, you must use AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry. Container Insights with enhanced observability for Amazon EKS is not supported on Fargate.
-
-###### Note
-
-Container Insights now supports Windows worker nodes in an Amazon EKS cluster. Container Insights with enhanced observability for Amazon EKS is also supported on Windows. For information about enabling Container Insights on Windows, see [Using the CloudWatch agent with Container Insights enhanced observability enabled](./Container-Insights-EKS-agent.html).
-
-To use Container Insights with OpenTelemetry metrics, install the Amazon CloudWatch Observability EKS add-on version `v6.0.1-eksbuild.1` or later. For more information, see [Container Insights with OpenTelemetry metrics for Amazon EKS](./container-insights-otel-metrics.html).
-
-Set up Fluent Bit or Fluentd to send logs to CloudWatch Logs. (This is enabled by default if you install the Amazon CloudWatch Observability EKS add-on.)
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-You can perform these steps at once as part of the quick start setup if you are using the CloudWatch agent, or do them separately.
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-  3. (Optional) Set up Amazon EKS control plane logging.
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-  4. (Optional) Set up the CloudWatch agent as a StatsD endpoint on the cluster to send StatsD metrics to CloudWatch.
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-  5. (Optional) Enable App Mesh Envoy Access Logs.
-
-
-
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-With the original version of Container Insights, metrics collected and logs ingested are charged as custom metrics. With Container Insights with enhanced observability for Amazon EKS, Container Insights metrics and logs are charged per observation instead of being charged per metric stored or log ingested. For more information about CloudWatch pricing, see [Amazon CloudWatch Pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/).
+Container Insights on Amazon EKS provides comprehensive observability for your Kubernetes workloads. Two approaches are available: OTel Container Insights (recommended) and Enhanced Container Insights (Classic). Both use the `amazon-cloudwatch-observability` EKS add-on with different configurations.
@@ -46 +13 @@ With the original version of Container Insights, metrics collected and logs inge
-  * [Verifying prerequisites for Container Insights in CloudWatch](./Container-Insights-prerequisites.html)
+  * [OTel Container Insights (Recommended)](./container-insights-eks-otel.html)
@@ -48 +15 @@ With the original version of Container Insights, metrics collected and logs inge
-  * [Using the CloudWatch agent with Container Insights enhanced observability enabled](./Container-Insights-EKS-agent.html)
+  * [Enhanced Container Insights (Classic)](./container-insights-eks-classic.html)
@@ -50 +17 @@ With the original version of Container Insights, metrics collected and logs inge
-  * [Using AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry](./Container-Insights-EKS-otel.html)
+  * [Compare Container Insights approaches](./container-insights-eks-compare.html)
@@ -52 +19 @@ With the original version of Container Insights, metrics collected and logs inge
-  * [Send logs to CloudWatch Logs](./Container-Insights-EKS-logs.html)
+  * [Migration guides](./container-insights-eks-migration-hub.html)
@@ -54 +21 @@ With the original version of Container Insights, metrics collected and logs inge
-  * [Updating or deleting Container Insights on Amazon EKS and Kubernetes](./ContainerInsights-update-delete.html)
+  * [Troubleshooting Container Insights on Amazon EKS](./container-insights-eks-troubleshooting.html)
@@ -65 +32 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-Set up FireLens to send logs to CloudWatch Logs
+Container Insights
@@ -67 +34 @@ Set up FireLens to send logs to CloudWatch Logs
-Verifying prerequisites
+OTel Container Insights (Recommended)