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List the available CloudWatch metrics for your instances

Amazon EC2 sends metrics to Amazon CloudWatch. You can use the AWS Management Console, the AWS CLI, or an API to list the metrics that Amazon EC2 sends to CloudWatch. By default, each data point covers the 5 minutes that follow the start time of activity for the instance.

List the available CloudWatch metrics for your instances

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/viewing_metrics_with_cloudwatch.html

List the available CloudWatch metrics for your instances

Installing the CloudWatch agent

Explains how to install the CloudWatch agent to collect metrics and logs from Amazon EC2 instances and on-premises servers.

Installing the CloudWatch agent

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/install-CloudWatch-Agent-on-EC2-Instance.html

Install and configure the unified CloudWatch agent to push metrics and logs from an EC2 instance to CloudWatch

I want to use the unified Amazon CloudWatch agent to push metrics and logs from my Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance to CloudWatch. How can I do this? Regardless of your platform (Windows or Linux), the steps to install the unified Amazon CloudWatch agent are the same: Create an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role to run the CloudWatch agent.

Install and configure the unified CloudWatch agent to push metrics and logs from an EC2 instance to CloudWatch

https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/cloudwatch-push-metrics-unified-agent/

Install and configure the unified CloudWatch agent to push metrics and logs from an EC2 instance to CloudWatch

Monitor memory and disk metrics for Amazon EC2 Linux instances

Walks through how to use Monitoring Scripts to produce and consume custom metrics for your Amazon EC2 Linux instance.

Monitor memory and disk metrics for Amazon EC2 Linux instances

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/mon-scripts.html

Create the CloudWatch agent configuration file with the wizard

The agent configuration file wizard, amazon-cloudwatch-agent-config-wizard, asks a series of questions, including the following: Are you installing the agent on an Amazon EC2 instance or an on-premises server? Is the server running Linux or Windows Server? Do you want the agent to also send log files to CloudWatch Logs?

Create the CloudWatch agent configuration file with the wizard

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

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Send memory and disk metrics from EC2 instance to CloudWatch

I want to send memory and disk metrics from my Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances to Amazon CloudWatch Metrics. How can I do this? Note: If you receive errors when running AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) commands, make sure that you're using the most recent AWS CLI version.

Send memory and disk metrics from EC2 instance to CloudWatch

https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/cloudwatch-memory-metrics-ec2/

Send memory and disk metrics from EC2 instance to CloudWatch

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