Docker | awslogs driver | Setting meaning stream name
You're correct, there's no sign of --log-opt being implemented into Kubernetes, since dockerd is deprecated.
Instead of specifying the awslogs-stream have you tried to set a tag?
- Check this Use Awslogs With Kubernetes 'Natively' as it may fit perfectly to your needs.
From Docker documentation link you posted:
Specify
tagas an alternative to theawslogs-streamoption.taginterprets Go template markup, such as{{.ID}},{{.FullID}}or{{.Name}}docker.{{.ID}}. See the tag option documentation for details on all supported template substitutions.
The other viable approach is using a sidecar container daemon to process the logs and then forward to awslogs but tag is a cleaner, simplier solution.
Here's the process with the fluentd: