Monitoring AWS Parallel Computing Service with Amazon CloudWatch

Amazon CloudWatch provides monitoring of your AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS) cluster health and performance by collecting metrics from the cluster at intervals. These metrics are retained, allowing you to access historical data and gain insights into your cluster's performance over time.

CloudWatch also enables you to monitor the EC2 instances launched by AWS PCS to meet your scaling requirements. While you can inspect logs on running instances, CloudWatch metrics and logging data are typically deleted once instances are terminated. However, you can configure the CloudWatch agent on instances using an EC2 launch template to persist metrics and logs even after instance termination, enabling long-term monitoring and analysis.

Explore the topics in this section to learn more about monitoring AWS PCS using CloudWatch.