Monitor EC2 Memory and Disk Utilisation using CloudWatch
EC2 Memory Disk Monitoring Steps: Step 1: Create an AWS EC2 IAM Role and add CloudWatch and SSM Full Access. - Role Name: EC2-CloudWatch-Role. Step 2: Create a Parameter in Systems Manger with the name "/alarm/AWS-CWAgentLinConfig" and store the value. Step 3: Create an EC2 Instance, Attach the role created in Step 1 and Add the commands in the Userdata Section. Commands that needs to be added in Userdata Section: #!/bin/bash wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/linux/amd64/latest/AmazonCloudWatchAgent.zip unzip AmazonCloudWatchAgent.zip sudo ./install.sh sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c ssm:/alarm/AWS-CWAgentLinConfig -s Check if EC2 Instance has CWAgent Installed or not: sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -m ec2 -a status Value for the SSM Parameter (/alarm/AWS-CWAgentLinConfig): { "metrics": { "append_dimensions": { ...
