Configuring the Amazon EC2 monitor type
This topic provides information about configuring PATROL for Amazon EC2 KM in the Central Monitoring Administration and TrueSight console. To configure the KM, set the following preferences on the Add Monitoring Configuration dialog.
Monitoring Solution | Monitoring Profile | Monitor Type |
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Amazon EC2 | Amazon EC2 | Amazon EC2 |
With Amazon EC2 as the selected monitor type, the Add Monitor Types dialog box enables you to configure details for connecting to the accounts and web services provided by Amazon EC2. For more information, see Defining-a-monitoring-policy.
Field | Instructions |
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Amazon EC2 Monitoring Configuration | |
Administration | |
JAVA Home | Specify the full path of JRE directory on the PATROL Agent server. |
AWS Account Configuration | |
Account Name | Specify the name that identifies this set of AWS account monitoring configuration. This name is used as the instance name of the top level container. |
Access Key | Specify the access key for the account provided by Amazon EC2 account user. |
Secret Key | Specify the secret key for the account provided by Amazon EC2 account user. |
Click to view a short video on how to create user policy in Amazon EC2 console. | |
Proxy Server Configuration | |
Use Proxy Configuration | Select the check box to enable the proxy configuration. |
Server Name | Specify the proxy server name to route HTTP requests. If you select the Use Proxy Configuration check box, this field is mandatory. |
Port | Specify the proxy server port number to connect to the specified proxy server. If you select the Use Proxy Configuration check box, this field is mandatory. |
Proxy Server Authentication (Optional) | Click this tab to configure the proxy authentication. It is optional to add username and password to access the proxy server. |
Username | Specify the proxy server username that is being used to log in. |
Password | Specify the proxy server password that is being used to log in. |
Select Services | |
Click this tab to enable/disable the services. | |
Elasticache | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of Elasticache. |
Auto Scaling | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of Auto Scaling. |
Route 53 | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of Route 53. |
Filter Configuration | |
Region Filter Type | Select Include to monitor only the regions mentioned in the Regions field below. Select Exclude to exclude the regions mentioned in the Regions field below. |
Regions Filter | Specify the regions that you want to include or exclude from monitoring. The following is the format for specifying regions:
Use comma (,) only to separate the regions. |
EC2 Tag Filter Type | Select Include to monitor only the EC2 tags mentioned in the EC2 Tag Filter field below. Select Exclude to exclude the EC2 tags mentioned in the EC2 Tag Filter field below. |
EC2 Tag Filter | Specify the EC2 tags that you want to include or exclude from monitoring. The following is the format for EC2 tags:
Use comma (,) only to separate the tags. |
Filter Service Instances by Tag | Click Add to filter service instances by their tags to be included or excluded from monitoring. |
Service Tag Filter | Select the service that you want to monitor. |
Filter Type | Select if you want to configure service instances that have tags to be included or excluded from monitoring. |
Tag Filter | Enter a comma-separated list of the service tags key-value pairs (TagKey=TagValue) that you want to include or exclude from monitoring. Example: network=apac*,name=retail* |
Administration | |
JVM Arguments | Enter additional Java (JVM) arguments. |
Device Mapping | By default, when device mapping is disabled, all monitored EC2 instances are displayed under the PATROL Agent on the Monitoring > Devices page. When device mapping is enabled, a device is created for each monitored EC2 instance on the Devices page. It saves you extra clicks to navigate the PATROL Agent hierarchy while viewing monitoring results. Select the check box to enable device mapping. Device mapping is enabled only for EC2 instances of your AWS environment. |
Device Mapping Type | Select how you want to generate the name of the device. The following options are available:
If the option that you select has no value, a separate device is not created and the monitored information is shown under the PATROL Agent hierarchy. |
Enable Debug | |
Enable Debug | Select the check-box to enable debug. This will create log files at <PATROL_HOME>/pll directory on the PATROL Agent server. For example: RemoteCollector-<PATROL_AGENT_PORT>-aws.log |