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AWS metrics

Learn about key metrics used for AWS monitoring.

Important

Additional AWS charges for GetMetricData API requests are generated using this module.

Monitor EC2 instances

To analyze EC2 instance metrics, you can select view filters based on the following predefined metrics, or you can add custom metrics.

CPU Usage
Average of aws.ec2.cpu.total.pct.
Inbound Traffic
Average of aws.ec2.network.in.bytes_per_sec.
Outbound Traffic
Average of aws.ec2.network.out.bytes_per_sec.
Disk Reads (Bytes)
Average of aws.ec2.diskio.read.bytes_per_sec.
Disk Writes (Bytes)
Average of aws.ec2.diskio.write.bytes_per_sec.

Monitor S3 buckets

To analyze S3 bucket metrics, you can select view filters based on the following predefined metrics, or you can add custom metrics.

Bucket Size
Average of aws.s3_daily_storage.bucket.size.bytes.
Total Requests
Average of aws.s3_request.requests.total.
Number of Objects
Average of aws.s3_daily_storage.number_of_objects.
Downloads (Bytes)
Average of aws.s3_request.downloaded.bytes.
Uploads (Bytes)
Average of aws.s3_request.uploaded.bytes.

Monitor SQS queues

To analyze SQS queue metrics, you can select view filters based on the following predefined metrics, or you can add custom metrics.

Messages Available
Max of aws.sqs.messages.visible.
Messages Delayed
Max of aws.sqs.messages.delayed.
Messages Added
Max of aws.sqs.messages.sent.
Messages Returned Empty
Max of aws.sqs.messages.not_visible.
Oldest Message
Max of aws.sqs.oldest_message_age.sec.

Monitor RDS databases

To analyze RDS database metrics, you can select view filters based on the following predefined metrics, or you can add custom metrics.

CPU Usage
Average of aws.rds.cpu.total.pct.
Connections
Average of aws.rds.database_connections.
Queries Executed
Average of aws.rds.queries.
Active Transactions
Average of aws.rds.transactions.active.
Latency
Average of aws.rds.latency.dml.

For information about the fields used by the Infrastructure UI to display AWS services metrics, see the Required fields.

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