{"id":7346,"date":"2023-09-03T22:40:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T17:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=7346"},"modified":"2023-09-03T22:40:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T17:10:59","slug":"how-to-install-cloudwatch-on-instances-run-by-lightsail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/how-to-install-cloudwatch-on-instances-run-by-lightsail\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install CloudWatch on instances run by Lightsail?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Installing CloudWatch on Lightsail instances provides access to a wide array of metrics.Once CloudWatch is configured, a dedicated namespace linked to the Lightsail instance becomes visible on the CloudWatch dashboard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow below steps to install a CloudWatch on a Lightsail instance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Log in to the Lightsail instance using connect option
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2. Download and Install the CloudWatch Agent.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

$ wget https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/amazoncloudwatch-agent\/debian\/amd64\/latest\/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb sudo dpkg -i -E .\/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb

$ sudo dpkg -i -E .\/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

3. Download and install the collected deamon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install collectd<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

4. Now run the CloudWatch configuration wizard which generates a configuration file. Once the process is done, the configuration file will be available at \/opt\/aws\/amazon-cloudwatch-agent\/bin\/config.json.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$ sudo \/opt\/aws\/amazon-cloudwatch-agent\/bin\/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-config-wizard<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

5. Create a new access key from IAM console. Once created, save the credentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Create an AWS Credentials file at \/root\/.aws\/credentials and populate it with your Access ID and Secret Access Key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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aws_access_key_id=AWS-ACCESS-KEY-ID
aws_secret_access_key=AWS-SECRET-ACCESS-KEY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Update the configuration file at the mentioned location with the path to the credentials created in the previous step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$ sudo vi \/opt\/aws\/amazon-cloudwatch-agent\/etc\/common-config.toml<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

[credentials]
shared_credential_file = “\/home\/bitnami\/.aws\/credentials”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Start the CloudWatchAgent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$ sudo \/opt\/aws\/amazon-cloudwatch-agent\/bin\/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c file:\/opt\/aws\/amazon-cloudwatch-agent\/bin\/config.json -s<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

9. Check if the agent is running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$ sudo \/opt\/aws\/amazon-cloudwatch-agent\/bin\/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -m ec2 -a status<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

10. If the process is a success, you should see something like below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11. Now head to the CloudWatch and click on All Metrics under Metrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You should now be able to see the newly created metric for the Lightsail instance.

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