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Better Stack Amazon EKS logging

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Integrate Better Stack with your Amazon EKS cluster using Helm?

1. Add Helm repository

Add Better Stack Helm repository:

Add Helm repo
helm repo add betterstack-logs https://betterstackhq.github.io/logs-helm-chart
helm repo update

2. Set up Helm chart

Create values.yaml config file with the following contents:

values.yaml values.yaml with self-signed cert 
vector:
  customConfig:
    sinks:
      better_stack_http_sink:
        uri: "https://$INGESTING_HOST/"
        auth:
          token: $SOURCE_TOKEN
      better_stack_http_metrics_sink:
        uri: "https://$INGESTING_HOST/metrics"
        auth:
          token: $SOURCE_TOKEN

metrics-server:
  args:
    - --kubelet-preferred-address-types=InternalIP
# config for self-signed certificates with disabled TLS
vector:
  customConfig:
    sinks:
      better_stack_http_sink:
        uri: "https://$INGESTING_HOST/"
        auth:
          token: $SOURCE_TOKEN
      better_stack_http_metrics_sink:
        uri: "https://$INGESTING_HOST/metrics"
        auth:
          token: $SOURCE_TOKEN
    sources:
      better_stack_kubernetes_metrics_nodes:
        tls:
          verify_certificate: false
          verify_hostname: false
      better_stack_kubernetes_metrics_pods:
        tls:
          verify_certificate: false
          verify_hostname: false

metrics-server:
  args:
    - --kubelet-preferred-address-types=InternalIP


3. Deploy the chart

Install the Better Stack chart:

Install Install without metrics server 
helm install betterstack-logs betterstack-logs/betterstack-logs -f values.yaml
helm install betterstack-logs betterstack-logs/betterstack-logs -f values.yaml \
  --set metrics-server.enabled=false

Already have metrics server installed?

Install Better Stack chart without metrics server using code block above.
Alternatively, set metrics-server.enabled=false in values.yaml.

You should see your logs in Better Stack → Live tail.

Check out your metrics in the Kubernetes dashboard.

Kubernetes version 1.15 or higher is required.

Need help?

Please let us know at hello@betterstack.com.
We're happy to help! 🙏

Additional information

Interested in reading about installing and configuring Vector in more detail?
Check out the official Vector Kubernetes installation guide.

Want an overview of different tools for monitoring Kubernetes?
Head to comparison of best Kubernetes monitoring tools.

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