aws / aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent

Disable collecting metrics/logs with annotation based on the cloudwatch agent.

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Description

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If a pod has the annotation aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch-agent-ignore: true it should be ignored by the amazon-cloudwatch-agent and logs/metrics should not be pushed to cloudwatch for that pod.

[1] https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/blob/dd1be96164c2cd6226a33c8cf7ce10a7f29547cf/plugins/processors/k8sdecorator/stores/podstore.go#L31

[2] https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/blob/dd1be96164c2cd6226a33c8cf7ce10a7f29547cf/plugins/processors/k8sdecorator/stores/podstore.go#L144-L146

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Research direction

Start with plugins/processors/k8sdecorator/stores/podstore.go, especially the referenced code around lines 31 and 144-146, to understand how pod annotations are stored and checked. Done means a pod annotated with aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch-agent-ignore: true is excluded from CloudWatch metrics and log collection.

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Assessment

Tech stack
aws, go, kubernetes
Domain
cloud, observability
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
68/100

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