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- 23 Jun 2022
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CloudWatch
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Module Details | |
| Core or Github Module | Core |
| Restart Required? | No |
| Steps Exposed? | Yes |
| Step Location | Integration > AWS > CloudWwatch |
| Settings Location | Settings must be configured for each step |
| Prerequisites |
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As part of the AWS module, integration with Amazon CloudWatch, a monitoring and observability service used to provide data on system wide performance and resource utilization for Amazon EC2 instances.
With the integration, information such as the average/max CPU utilization and metric data can be retrieved from CloudWatch and used within Flows and Reports.
Get Average CPU Utilization for Instance
The Get Average CPU Utilization for Instance step retrieves the average CPU utilization over a period of time for an EC2 instance.
| Input | Description |
|---|---|
| Region | The Amazon AWS Region the instance is located on |
| EC2 Instance Id | The ID for the EC2 instance |
| Start Date | Marks the intial date used for retreival |
| End Date | The end date used for retrieval |
| Period | Defines the period of time when data is gathered |
Get Max CPU Utilization for Instance
The Get Average CPU Utilization for Instance step retrieves the max CPU utilization over a period of time for an EC2 instance.
| Input | Description |
|---|---|
| Region | The Amazon AWS Region the instance is located on |
| EC2 Instance Id | The ID for the EC2 instance |
| Start Date | Marks the intial date used for retreival |
| End Date | The end date used for retrieval |
| Period | Defines the period of time when data is gathered |
Get Metric Data
The Get Metric Data step is used to retrieve CloudWatch metric values, such timestamps and other identifying information for a data set.
| Region | The Amazon AWS Region the instance is located on |
| Instance Id | The ID for the EC2 instance |
| Metric Name | The name of the metric that will be returned |
| Namespace | The namespace used by the metric |
| Stat | The status code for the returned data |
| Start Date | Marks the intial date used for retreival |
| End Date | The end date used for retrieval |
| Period | Defines the period of time when data is gathered |
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