Amazon EKS add-on support for ADOT Operator

Amazon EKS supports using the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI and Amazon EKS API to install and manage the AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) Operator. This enables a simplified experience for instrumenting your applications running on Amazon EKS to send metric and trace data to multiple monitoring service options like Amazon CloudWatch, Prometheus, and X-Ray. This topic describes how to get started using ADOT for applications running on your Amazon EKS cluster.

• Prerequisites

• Creating an IAM role

• Installing the add-on

• Deploying the ADOT Collector for your preferred monitoring option

• Deploying a sample application to generate OTLP data

Before installing ADOT, ensure that you have read and understand the prerequisites and considerations.