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Integration with AWS Cloudwatch​

We can configure the OTel collector to send logs to AWS Cloudwatch. To do so:

  1. Export the collector config map into a file:

    kubectl get cm oblv-deploy-stack-oblv-deploy-chart-collector-config \\
    		-n kube-system -o yaml > /tmp/collector-config.yaml

    cat /tmp/collector-config.yaml

    apiVersion: v1
    data:
      collector-config.yaml: |
        receivers:
            otlp:
                protocols:
                    grpc:
                        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4317
                    http:
                        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318
        exporters:
            debug:
                verbosity: detailed
        service:
            pipelines:
                traces:
                    receivers: [otlp]
                    exporters: [debug]
                metrics:
                    receivers: [otlp]
                    exporters: [debug]
                logs:
                    receivers: [otlp]
                    exporters: [debug]
    kind: ConfigMap

  2. Edit the config map to configure AWS CloudWatch as an exporter:

    apiVersion: v1
    data:
      collector-config.yaml: |
        receivers:
            otlp:
                protocols:
                    grpc:
                        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4317
                    http:
                        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318
        exporters:
            debug:
                verbosity: detailed
              awscloudwatchlogs:
    				    log_group_name: "oblv-deploy-logs"
    				    log_stream_name: "oblv-deploy-stream"
    				    raw_log: true
    				    region: "us-east-1"
    				    endpoint: "logs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
    				    log_retention: 365
    				    
        service:
            pipelines:
                traces:
                    receivers: [otlp]
                    exporters: [debug]
                metrics:
                    receivers: [otlp]
                    exporters: [debug]
                logs:
                    receivers: [otlp]
                    exporters: [debug, awscloudwatchlogs]
    kind: ConfigMap

  3. Update the configmap:

    kubectl apply -f /tmp/collector-config.yaml -n kube-system

    configmap/oblv-deploy-stack-oblv-deploy-chart-collector-config configured

  4. Restart the OTel collector pod"

      kubectl rollout restart \\
    	  deployment/oblv-deploy-stack-oblv-deploy-chart-collector \\
    	  -n kube-system

    	deployment.apps/oblv-deploy-stack-oblv-deploy-chart-collector restarted