Troubleshooting Containers With AWS Container Insights
Troubleshooting containers in cloud environments just got easier! We used AWS Container Insights to diagnose memory leaks & implement short-term solutions, reducing downtime incidents at Pirate Weather.
Running applications in containers provides numerous benefits—easy deployments, rapid scaling, streamlined updates, and more. However, troubleshooting and maintaining observability can become challenging, especially when containers run in cloud environments. Issues that didn't surface during testing might appear suddenly in production, and without direct access to underlying processes, diagnosing root causes can quickly become complex. This exact scenario happened to us recently at Pirate Weather, where unexpected container failures led to brief and seemingly random downtime incidents. As outl...