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AWS sqs metricset
editAWS sqs metricset
editThe sqs metricset of aws module allows you to monitor your AWS SQS queues. sqs
metricset fetches a set of values from
Amazon SQS Metrics.
CloudWatch metrics for Amazon SQS queues are automatically collected and pushed to CloudWatch every five minutes.
AWS Permissions
editSome specific AWS permissions are required for IAM user to collect AWS SQS metrics.
cloudwatch:GetMetricData cloudwatch:ListMetrics ec2:DescribeRegions sqs:ListQueues sts:GetCallerIdentity iam:ListAccountAliases
Dashboard
editThe aws sqs metricset comes with a predefined dashboard. For example:
Configuration example
edit- module: aws period: 300s metricsets: - sqs access_key_id: '<access_key_id>' secret_access_key: '<secret_access_key>' session_token: '<session_token>'
This is a default metricset. If the host module is unconfigured, this metricset is enabled by default.
Fields
editFor a description of each field in the metricset, see the exported fields section.
Here is an example document generated by this metricset:
{ "@timestamp": "2017-10-12T08:05:34.853Z", "aws": { "cloudwatch": { "namespace": "AWS/SQS" }, "dimensions": { "QueueName": "filebeat-aws-elb-test" }, "sqs": { "empty_receives": 0, "messages": { "delayed": 0, "deleted": 0, "not_visible": 0, "received": 0, "sent": 0, "visible": 1577.8 }, "oldest_message_age": { "sec": 345603.2 }, "queue": { "name": "filebeat-aws-elb-test" } }, "tags": { "created-by": "kaiyan" } }, "cloud": { "account": { "id": "428152502467", "name": "elastic-beats" }, "provider": "aws", "region": "eu-central-1" }, "event": { "dataset": "aws.sqs", "duration": 115000, "module": "aws" }, "metricset": { "name": "sqs", "period": 10000 }, "service": { "type": "aws" } }