Viewing AWS resource telemetry in CloudWatch - Amazon CloudWatch
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Viewing AWS resource telemetry in CloudWatch

The Telemetry configuration and auditing experience displays AWS resources in two places: As an overview, on the Telemetry config page and in detail, on the Discovered data sources page.

  • Ingestion - Data source Tab – This page shows the AWS resources that you can send to CloudWatch. For specific resource types percentage of resources with telemetry that are configured and the total number of resources detected. You can filter the display of resources in the Data source tab by account ID or by the tags applied to your resources.

  • Discovered Resources – This page shows details about each AWS resource that has been discovered by telemetry configuration and auditing experience, including the resource ID, the type of telemetry each resource is providing, and the time when information about the resource was last refreshed by telemetry configuration. You can filter the display of resource on the view data sources page by any of the information provided about the resource.

    For each AWS resource tracked by CloudWatch, the Discovered data sources page shows the status of its telemetry by providing the following information:

    • For telemetry types that CloudWatch detects that the resource is sending to CloudWatch, the Discovered data sources page shows On.

    • For telemetry types that CloudWatch detects the resource is not providing, the Discovered data sources page shows Off.

    • For telemetry types that are not supported for a resource, the Discovered resources page shows NS, that is, not supported.

To view resources on the Ingestion page

  1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Ingestion.

  3. The Ingestion page shows the total number of each resource that was discovered by CloudWatch, the number of resources providing telemetry, and the percentage of discovered resources that are providing telemetry.

  4. To see recent changes to resources, choose Refresh.

To view resources on the Discovered resources page

  1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Ingestion.

  3. Do one of the following to view all resource types discovered by telemetry configuration or to view one resource type:

    1. To view all resources that have been discovered by CloudWatch, click View data sources. The Discovered data sources page appears and shows all resources discovered.

    2. To view one resource type,click the name of the AWS resource type in the Ingestion > Data Source Tab. The Discovered data source page appears. The Discovered data sources page shows that a filter has been applied for that data source and now displays all discovered resources for that resource type.

  4. On the Discovered data sources page, to view information about the resource or to change its telemetry settings, click the resource ID. The console page for the AWS resource will open, navigate to the configuration setting and turn on or off the configuration.

    • Note

      You can only view a resource on its console page if the resource belongs to your account. To determine if the resource belongs to your account, check the AWS account column. If the AWS account column does not appear, change your the Discovered data sources page preferences. For more information, see Changing preferences for the Discovered data sources page.

Filtering discovered resources

You can use one or more filters on the Ingestion > Data Sources page for the Discovered data sources page to change your view of the resources. Your filter settings persist across both pages.

To filter resources on the Data Sources page

  1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Ingestion, and then choose Data Sources Tab.

  3. You can filter the discovered resources that are displayed on the page by specifying an account ID or tag value.

    1. Choose Find resource.

    2. Choose Account ID or Tag value, and then choose additional options for the filter. Statistics about telemetry coverage for each resource change based on your filter options.

  4. To remove a filter, in the filter text box, choose X.

To filter resources on the Discovered Data sources page

  1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Ingestion.

  3. To view all resource types discovered by telemetry configuration or to view one resource type, do one of the following:

    1. To view all resources discovered by CloudWatch, choose View data sources. The Discovered data sources page appears and shows all resources discovered.

    2. To view one resource type, at the bottom of the page, choose a type of AWS resource. The Discovered data sources page appears. The Discovered resources page filters all discovered resources for that resource type.

  4. You can filter the resources displayed in the page based on any of the columns in the page. You can change the columns in the page by changing your preferences for the Discovered data sources page. For more information, see Changing preferences for the Discovered data sources page.

    1. Choose Find resource. Filters for each column in the page appear. Choose one, then choose additional options to define the filter. Resources appear in the page that match the filter settings.

    2. To further filter the resources displayed in the page, choose Find resources again, choose another filter, and choose additional options. Resources appear in the page that match all of the filter settings.

  5. To remove one of the filters, in the filter text box, choose X.

  6. To remove all of the filters and see all resource types discovered, choose Clear filters.

Changing preferences for the Discovered data sources page

You can change your preferences for the Discovered data sources page to control how many resources appear per page and which detailed metrics appear in the page. Only detailed metrics in view can be used to filter the resources displayed in the discovered resources page. For more information, see Filtering discovered resources.

  1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Ingestion and Data sources tab.

  3. Choose View data sources. The Discovered data sources page appears.

  4. Choose the gear icon.

  5. In the Preferences dialog box, choose the number of resources per page and the visible content to show as columns.

  6. Choose Confirm.