Cloud watch integrations

Author: Muhammad AbdulMoiz

React to resource change

Easy to configure

Set Alarms

Monitor Other AWS Resources

Monitor and store logs

Monitor custom metrics

Monitor Amazon EC2

View graphs and stats

Steps to follow for setup
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/Install-CloudWatch-Agent.html

Creating Roles for user used with cloud watch agent
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/create-iam-roles-for-cloudwatch-agent.html

• EC2 Allows EC2 instances to call AWS services on your behalf

• Include CloudWatchAgentServerPolicy

• AmazonEC2RoleforSSM

• Attaching role to EC2 instance

Installing cloud watch on ec2 instance (Linux)

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/sysman-install-startup-linux.html

mkdir config
cd config		
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/linux/amd64/latest/AmazonCloudWatchAgent.zip
unzip AmazonCloudWatchAgent.zip
sudo ./install.sh

Create the CloudWatch Agent Configuration File with the Wizard

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/create-cloudwatch-agent-configuration-file-wizard.html

sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-config-wizard

Create the CloudWatch Agent Configuration File with the Wizard

// for starting agent
sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -m ec2 -a start


//For stopping agent 
sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -m ec2 -a stop

//For checking ssm status
sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -m ec2 -a status

// For using ssm agent group
sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c 
ssm:configuration-parameter-store-name -s

Cloud watch log monitoring and alarms

• Cloud watch logs filtering and alarms
• Cloud watch ec2 machine stats monitoring

Any Questions ????