Download the CloudWatch agent package
Note
To download the CloudWatch agent, your connection must use TLS 1.2 or later.
The CloudWatch agent is available as a package in Amazon Linux 2023 and Amazon Linux 2. If you are using this operating system, you can install the package by entering the following command. You must also make sure that the IAM role attached to the instance has the CloudWatchAgentServerPolicy attached.
sudo yum install amazon-cloudwatch-agent
On all supported operating systems, you can download and install the CloudWatch agent using the command line.
For each download link, there is a general link as well as links for each Region. For example, for Amazon Linux 2023 and Amazon Linux 2 and the x86-64 architecture, three of the valid download links are:
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https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/amazon_linux/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm -
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent-us-east-1.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/amazon_linux/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm -
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent-eu-central-1.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/amazon_linux/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm
You can also download a README file about the latest changes to the agent, and a file that indicates the version number that is available for download. These files are in the following locations:
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https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/info/latest/RELEASE_NOTESorhttps://amazoncloudwatch-agent-region.s3.region.amazonaws.com/info/latest/RELEASE_NOTES -
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/info/latest/CWAGENT_VERSIONorhttps://amazoncloudwatch-agent-region.s3.region.amazonaws.com/info/latest/CWAGENT_VERSION
| Architecture | Platform | Download link | Signature file link |
|---|---|---|---|
|
x86-64 |
Amazon Linux 2023 and Amazon Linux 2 |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/amazon_linux/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/amazon_linux/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
x86-64 |
Centos |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/centos/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/centos/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
x86-64 |
Redhat |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/redhat/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/redhat/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
x86-64 |
SUSE |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/suse/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/suse/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
x86-64 |
Debian |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/debian/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/debian/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
x86-64 |
Ubuntu |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
x86-64 |
Oracle |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/oracle_linux/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/oracle_linux/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
x86-64 |
macOS |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/darwin/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.pkg https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/darwin/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.pkg.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
x86-64 |
Windows |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/windows/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.msi https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/windows/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.msi.sig
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
ARM64 |
Amazon Linux 2023 and Amazon Linux 2 |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/amazon_linux/arm64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/amazon_linux/arm64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
ARM64 |
Redhat |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/redhat/arm64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/redhat/arm64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
ARM64 |
Ubuntu |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/arm64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/arm64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
ARM64 |
Debian |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/debian/arm64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/debian/arm64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
ARM64 |
SUSE |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/suse/arm64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/suse/arm64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
|
ARM64 |
MacOS |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/darwin/arm64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.pkg https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
https://amazoncloudwatch-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/darwin/arm64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.pkg.sig https://amazoncloudwatch-agent- |
