AWS metrics
editAWS metrics
editIf you haven’t already, you need to install and configure Metricbeat to populate the Metrics app with data. For more information, see Ingest metrics.
To ingest metrics from AWS CloudWatch using the GetMetricData API, you can install Metricbeat on any machine that can make the API requests and enable the AWS module.
Additional AWS charges for GetMetricData API requests are generated using this module.
Monitor EC2 instances
editTo help you analyze the EC2 instance metrics listed on the Inventory page, you can select view filters based on the following predefined metrics or you can add custom metrics.
CPU Usage |
Average of |
Inbound Traffic |
Average of |
Outbound Traffic |
Average of |
Disk Reads (Bytes) |
Average of |
Disk Writes (Bytes) |
Average of |
Monitor S3 buckets
editTo help you analyze the S3 bucket metrics listed on the Inventory page, you can select view filters based on the following predefined metrics or you can add custom metrics.
Bucket Size |
Average of |
Total Requests |
Average of |
Number of Objects |
Average of |
Downloads (Bytes) |
Average of |
Uploads (Bytes) |
Average of |
Monitor SQS queues
editTo help you analyze the SQS queue metrics listed on the Inventory page, you can select view filters based on the following predefined metrics or you can add custom metrics.
Messages Available |
Max of |
Messages Delayed |
Max of |
Messages Added |
Max of |
Messages Returned Empty |
Max of |
Oldest Message |
Max of |
Monitor RDS databases
editTo help you analyze the RDS database metrics listed on the Inventory page, you can select view filters based on the following predefined metrics or you can add custom metrics.
CPU Usage |
Average of |
Connections |
Average of |
Queries Executed |
Average of |
Active Transactions |
Average of |
Latency |
Average of |
For information about which required fields the Metrics app uses to display AWS services metrics, see the Metrics field reference.