Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The AWS application class is a container for all of the AWS account instances.
BMC PATROL properties
Item | Description |
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Active | Yes |
Created by | Discovery |
Parent class | None |
Child classes | None |
Parameters
The following is the parameter available for this application class:
InfoBox
The AWS application class InfoBox contains the following information:
InfoBox item | Description |
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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. To configure the KM, set the following preferences on the Add Monitoring Configuration screen.
Monitoring Solution | Monitoring Profile | Monitor Type |
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Amazon Web Services | 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 |
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Amazon Web Services 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. Note: Special characters @ / \ are not supported in this field. |
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 check box 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 check box to enable the monitoring of Relational Database Service (RDS) for the specified account. |
Simple Notification Service (SNS) | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of Simple Notification Service (SNS) for the specified account. |
Simple Queue Service (SQS) | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of Simple Queue Service (SQS). |
Elasticache | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of Elasticache. |
Lambda | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of Lambda metrics. |
DynamoDB | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of DynamoDB. |
Redshift | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of Redshift. |
API Gateway | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of API Gateway. |
IoT | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of IoT. |
CloudFront | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of CloudFront. |
Auto Scaling | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of Auto Scaling. |
Simple Storage Service (S3) | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of Simple Storage Service (S3). |
Route 53 | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of Route 53. |
OpsWorks | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of OpsWorks. |
EMR | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of EMR. |
Storage Gateway | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of Storage Gateway. |
Elastic File System | Select this option to monitor your Amazon elastic file systems. |
Elastic Container Service | Select this option to monitor your elastic containers. |
Web Application Firewall | Select this option to monitor your web application firewalls. |
Cloud HSM | Select this option to monitor data of your cloud HSM devices in the AWS cloud. |
Document DB | Select this option to monitor data of your document databases. |
Custom Metric Configuration | |
Custom Metrics | Select the check box to enable the monitoring of Custom Metrics. |
Custom Metric Configuration | |
Custom Metric Details | |
Click to view a short video on how to configure Custom CloudWatch metrics in TrueSight console. | |
Metric Configuration Label | Specify a unique configuration label to identify the set of Custom Metric Configuration. This configuration label is used as an instance name of namespace. Special characters like /, @, &, and \ are not allowed For example: MyCustomMetric, My_CustomMetric |
Namespace Name | Specify the name of AWS Namespace from which the custom metrics are monitored. For example: /System/mynamespace |
Dimension Name | Specify the dimension name having a unique value and which can distinguish metric of different entities. |
Statistics Type | Select the statistics type from the following to bring performance data of custom metrics:
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Period (Minutes) | Specify the period in minutes. A period is the length of time associated with a specific Amazon CloudWatch statistic. |
Exclude Dimension Filter | Specify the value of dimension that you want to exclude from monitoring. The dimension value should match with the dimension value in AWS management console or a regex matching one or more dimension values. |
Exclude Metric Filter | Specify the metric name that you want to exclude from monitoring. The metric name should match with the metric name in AWS management console or a regex matching one or more metric names. |
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 check box 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 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 |
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 |