AWS Monitoring Software Agent

An AWS Monitoring Software Agent is a software agent that collects performance metrics, system logs, and operational data from AWS resources for transmission to AWS monitoring services.

• AKA: AWS Monitoring Agent, AWS CloudWatch Agent, AWS Systems Manager Agent.
• Context:
  • It can typically gather AWS resource metrics with CPU utilization, memory usage, and disk I/O statistics.
  • It can typically stream AWS application logs to centralized logging services for log analysis and anomaly detection.
  • It can often collect AWS custom metrics through application-specific instrumentation for business metric tracking.
  • It can monitor AWS infrastructure health with service availability checks and performance threshold alerts.
  • It can range from being a Basic AWS Monitoring Software Agent to being an Advanced AWS Monitoring Software Agent, depending on its feature set.
  • It can integrate with AWS IAM for secure authentication and authorization management.
  • It can support AWS metric aggregation across multiple AWS regions and AWS accounts.
  • ...
• Examples:
  • AWS CloudWatch Agents, such as:
    • Amazon CloudWatch Agent for EC2 instance monitoring.
    • Container Insights Agent for ECS cluster monitoring.
  • AWS Systems Manager Agents, such as:
    • SSM Agent for configuration compliance monitoring.
    • Patch Manager Agent for patch compliance tracking.
  • AWS Third-Party Monitoring Agents, such as:
    • Datadog AWS Agent for hybrid cloud monitoring.
    • New Relic AWS Agent for application performance monitoring.
  • ...
• Counter-Examples:
  • AWS CloudWatch, which is a monitoring service rather than an agent.
  • AWS Config, which tracks configuration changes rather than real-time metrics.
  • On-Premises Monitoring Agent, which lacks AWS API integration.
• See: Software Agent, AWS CloudWatch, AWS Systems Manager, Cloud Monitoring System.

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