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EKS Lens

EKS Lens helps you identify and track Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) cost and usage for clusters running on Amazon EC2 nodes.

Required permission​

To access EKS Lens, your DoiT account needs the Cloud Analytics permission.

Before you begin​

  • For EKS Lens to work properly, your EKS clusters should already be connected to the DoiT Platform. See Understand EKS costs.

  • EKS Lens is not available if you're on a DoiT consolidated billing account (payer account ID 561602220360, 017920819041, and 279843869311).

See also

Kubernetes cluster architecture

EKS Lens dashboard​

The EKS Lens dashboard consists of multiple preset report widgets that highlight various aspects of your Amazon EKS spend. It is automatically created when EKS clusters are detected in your AWS accounts. Make sure to connect your clusters to the DoiT Platform in order to see all the EKS metrics.

To access the EKS Lens dashboard, select Dashboard from the top navigation bar, and then select EKS Lens under Preset dashboards.

EKS Lens dashboard

  • Widgets on the dashboard are updated independently of each other. See Refresh report data for more information.

  • For each report, you can Open full report to check the report configuration or customize the preset report to create your own one.

  • Selecting See your list of clusters will open the EKS clusters page, where you can check the status of your EKS clusters.

EKS Nodes Cost by Cluster​

EKS Nodes Cost by Cluster report widget

Report configuration:

  • Metric: Cost
  • Time Range: Last 30 days (include current day)
  • Time Interval: Day
  • Filters:
    • Provider equals Amazon Web Services
    • Service equals Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
  • Group by: EKS cluster name
  • Advanced options:
    • Advanced Analysis: Forecast

EKS Control Plane Cost​

EKS Control Plane Cost report widget

Report configuration:

  • Metric: Cost
  • Time Range: Last 6 months (include current month)
  • Time Interval: Month
  • Filters:
    • Service equals Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS)
  • Group by: EKS cluster name, Region

EKS Interactive Cost Explorer​

EKS Interactive Cost Explorer widget

The EKS Interactive Cost Explorer is a treemap that allows you to drill down from clusters to namespaces and apps.

Report configuration:

  • Metric: Cost
  • Time Range: Last 7 days (include current day)
  • Time Interval: Day
  • Filters:
    • EKS cluster name not equals [Label N/A]
    • EKS namespace not equals [Label N/A]
  • Group by: EKS cluster name, EKS namespace, EKS label_k8s_app

EKS Unallocated Resources by Cluster​

EKS Unallocated Resources by Cluster report widget

Report configuration:

  • Metric: Cost
  • Time Range: Last 7 days (include current day)
  • Time Interval: Day
  • Filters:
    • EKS cluster name not equals [Label N/A]
    • EKS pod_owner_name equals UNREQUESTED_COSTS
  • Group by: EKS cluster name, EKS pod_owner_name

EKS Cost by Top 15 Namespaces​

EKS Cost by Top 15 Namespaces report widget

Report configuration:

  • Metric: Cost
  • Time Range: Last 7 days (include current day)
  • Time Interval: Day
  • Filters:
    • EKS namespace not equals [Label N/A]
    • EKS pod_owner_name equals UNREQUESTED_COSTS
  • Group by: EKS namespace
  • Limit results: Limit to top 15 by cost

EKS Cost by Top 20 Clusters​

EKS Cost by Top 20 Clusters report widget

Shows the top 20 EKS clusters by cost in the last 7 days.

Report configuration:

  • Metric: Cost
  • Time Range: Last 7 days (include current day)
  • Time Interval: Day
  • Filters:
    • EKS cluster name not equals [Label N/A]
  • Group by: EKS cluster name
  • Limit results: Limit to top 20 by cost

EKS Clusters Utilization​

EKS Clusters Utilization report widget

Shows the utilization of resources across EKS clusters.

Report configuration:

  • Metric: EKS Capacity Utilization
  • Time Range: Last 7 days (include current day)
  • Time Interval: Day
  • Filters:
    • Attribution is EKS Allocated Resources or EKS Unallocated Resources
    • EKS cluster name not equals [Label N/A]
  • Group by: EKS cluster name

FAQ​

How much does EKS Lens cost?​

An S3 bucket is created in your AWS account for each EKS cluster that is connected to the DoiT Platform. The S3 bucket keeps EKS metrics data for seven days and then removes the data, which means you'll see the cost and usage related to this 7-day retention period. There is no other cost related with the EKS Lens.

What's the difference between EKS Lens, Kubecost, and OpenCost?​

See What's the difference between EKS Lens, Kubecost, and OpenCost?

Interactive demo​

Try out our interactive demo for a hands-on walk-through experience.

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