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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 | ||
* Make sure you select root as the user | |||
* done save the configuration online | |||
=Start the agent= | =Start the agent= | ||
Revision as of 16:58, 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
- Link IAM role to instance.
- Select Insane > Actions > Security > Modify IAM Role
- Add created IAM 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
- Make sure you select root as the user
- done save the configuration online
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
Check Status
sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -m ec2 -a status
