Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The AWS application class is a container for all of the AWS account instances.
BMC PATROL properties
Item | Description |
|---|---|
Active | Yes |
Created by | Discovery |
Parent class | None |
Child classes | None |
InfoBox
The AWS application class InfoBox contains the following information:
InfoBox item | Description |
|---|---|
Release | The version number for this release of PATROL for AWS. |
Configuring the monitoring of Amazon Web Services
This topic provides information about configuring PATROL for Amazon Web Services 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 | Version | Monitoring Profile | Monitor Type |
|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Web Services | 2.0.00 | Amazon Web Services | Amazon Web Services |
With Amazon Web Services 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 Web Services. For more information, see Defining-a-monitoring-policy.
Field | Instructions |
|---|---|
Amazon Web Services Monitoring Configuration | |
Administration | |
JAVA Home | Specify the full path of JRE directory on the PATROL Agent server. JAVA version should be 1.7 and later. Forexample:c:\java\jre7 |
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 Web Services account user. |
Secret Key | Specify the secret key for the account provided by Amazon Web Services account user. |
Click to view a short video on how to create user policy in Amazon Web Services console. | |
Proxy Server Configuration | |
Click this tab to configure the proxy server. | |
Use Proxy Configuration | Select the checkbox to enable the proxy configuration. |
Server Name | Specify the proxy server name that is being used to route HTTP requests . |
Port | Specify the proxy server port number that is being used to connect specified proxy server. |
User Name | 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. | |
Relational Database Service (RDS) | Select the checkbox to enable the monitoring of Relational Database Service (RDS) for the specified account. |
Simple Notification Service (SNS) | Select the checkbox to enable the monitoring of Simple Notification Service (SNS) for the specified account. |
Simple Queue Service (SQS) | Select the checkbox to enable the monitoring of Simple Queue Service (SQS). |
Elasticache | Select the checkbox to enable the monitoring of Elasticache. |
Lambda | Select the checkbox to enable the monitoring of Lambda functions. |
DynamoDB | Select the checkbox to enable the monitoring of DynamoDB. |
Redshift | Select the checkbox to enable the monitoring of Redshift. |
API Gateway | Select the checkbox to enable the monitoring of API Gateway. |
Filter Configuration | |
Click this tab to enable filtering options. | |
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 | 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. |
Lambda Function Filter Type | Select Include to monitor only the Lambda functions mentioned in the Lambda function filter. Select Exclude to exclude the Lambda functions mentioned in the Lambda function filter. |
Lambda Function Filter | Specify the lambda function name that you want to include or exclude from monitoring. Use comma (,) only to separate the functions. It supports regex pattern. |
Monitor Lambda Custom Metrics | Select this checkbox to enable lambda function log monitoring for custom metrics. |
Add to List | Click this option to add the account to the list of monitored accounts. |
Modify Selection | Click this option to save the changes you made in the configuration details for the selected account. After doing this, click Update to reflect your changes under the list of Defined Monitor Types and Attributes on the Monitor Configuration tab. |
Remove from List | Click this option to remove the account from the list of monitored accounts. |
Enable Debug | |
Enable Debug | Select thecheck-boxto 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 |
Add | Click this option to add the monitor type under the list of Defined Monitor Types and Attributes on the Monitor Configuration tab |
Close | Click this option to close the Add Monitor Types dialog box without saving any changes |
Reset | Click this option to clear off your configuration and revert to default settings |
