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sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-config-wizard | sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-config-wizard | ||
Answer questions | Answer questions | ||
=Start the agent= | |||
Linx will save the configuration information here: | |||
/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc | |||
Run the command | |||
sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -s -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/env-config.json | |||
Example: | |||
ubuntu@ip-10-0-0-4:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc$ sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -s -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/env-config.json | |||
****** processing amazon-cloudwatch-agent ****** | |||
I! Trying to detect region from ec2 D! [EC2] Found active network interface I! imds retry client will retry 1 timesSuccessfully fetched the config and saved in /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.d/file_env-config.json.tmp | |||
Start configuration validation... | |||
2024/07/17 14:02:24 Reading json config file path: /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.d/file_env-config.json.tmp ... | |||
2024/07/17 14:02:24 I! Valid Json input schema. | |||
2024/07/17 14:02:24 Configuration validation first phase succeeded | |||
I! Detecting run_as_user... | |||
I! Trying to detect region from ec2 | |||
D! [EC2] Found active network interface | |||
I! imds retry client will retry 1 times | |||
/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent -schematest -config /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.toml | |||
Configuration validation second phase succeeded | |||
Configuration validation succeeded | |||
Revision as of 14:05, 17 July 2024
install
wget https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb chmod 777 amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb sudo dpkg -i -E amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb
Create IAM Role
- Sign in to the IAM console
- Select Roles, Create Role
- Select AWS Service
- Select EC2 common use case
- Select Next
- Find CloudWatchAgentServerPolicy
- Click checkbox next to CloudWatchAgentServerPolicy
- Click Next
- Provide a Role Name
- Click Create Role
Create an Access key
Create an access key for a server admin Save the key
Configure the agent
sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-config-wizard
Answer questions
Start the agent
Linx will save the configuration information here:
/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc
Run the command
sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -s -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/env-config.json
Example:
ubuntu@ip-10-0-0-4:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc$ sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -s -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/env-config.json ****** processing amazon-cloudwatch-agent ****** I! Trying to detect region from ec2 D! [EC2] Found active network interface I! imds retry client will retry 1 timesSuccessfully fetched the config and saved in /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.d/file_env-config.json.tmp Start configuration validation... 2024/07/17 14:02:24 Reading json config file path: /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.d/file_env-config.json.tmp ... 2024/07/17 14:02:24 I! Valid Json input schema. 2024/07/17 14:02:24 Configuration validation first phase succeeded I! Detecting run_as_user... I! Trying to detect region from ec2 D! [EC2] Found active network interface I! imds retry client will retry 1 times /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent -schematest -config /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.toml Configuration validation second phase succeeded Configuration validation succeeded
