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CloudWatch Agent on On-Premise device

CloudWatch Agent on On-Premise device

1.Create IAM User with the required permissions

Login AWS and Create IAM USer

1. Open the IAM Console
2. Click on Users on the left panel
3. Click on Add Users and Enter a user name of your choice
4. Check Progammatic Access and click Next:Permissions
5. Click on Attach existing policies directly
6. Check CloudWatchAgentServerPolicy from the search menu
7. Click Next:Tags, followed my Next:Review and finally Create User
8. Finally, save the Access key ID and Secret Access key in a secure location

2.Setup AWS CLI on OnPrimise Server

# Run as root
# install aws cli
apt install awscli

# Confgiure AWS Profile
aws configure  --profile AmazonCloudWatchAgent

aws_access_key_id = 111111111111111111
aws_secret_access_key = aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
region = ap-southeast-1

3.Setup aws cloudwatch agent on OnPrimise Server

wget https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb
dpkg -i amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb

vi /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/common-config.toml

[credentials]
   shared_credential_profile = "AmazonCloudWatchAgent"
   shared_credential_file = "/root/.aws/credentials"

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NyiNyiSoePaing/CloudWatchAgent/main/config.json -O /root/config.json

/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m onPremise -s -c file:/root/config.json

/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -m onPrimise -a status

service amazon-cloudwatch-agent restart

3. Check Monitoring USage on Cloudwatch

1. Open the CloudWatch Console
2. Click on Metrics on the left panel

Metrics> All metrics> Custom namespaces > CWAgent

And Create Custom Dashbaord