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Installation

WhaTap Amazon CloudWatch monitoring collects metrics periodically through API integration. It collects the target stats every 5 minutes from the CloudWatch namespace of the desired service. When you start monitoring, you can search for user resources in all regions and start monitoring with one click. You can use it safely and conveniently with role-based authentication.

To use the WhaTap monitoring service, you must first sign up and create a project. For more information on signing up, see this document.

Creating a project​

Create a project before installing the agent.

  1. Log in to the WhaTap Monitoring Service.

  2. In the left side menu, click All Projects > + Project.

  3. On the Select product screen, select the product you want to install.

  4. Enter or select the following items:

    • Project name: Enter the project name.

    • Data server region: Select the data server region. A region is a group of data centers that provide cloud services. Your data will be stored in the selected region.

    • Time zone: Set the time zone to be used for alerts and report generation.

    • Notification language setting: Set the language for alert notifications. (Supports Korean and English)

    • Project groups: Group multiple projects for easier management. Select a group if applicable.

    • Project description: Add additional details or a description for your project.

  5. After completing all settings, click the Creating a project button.

Note

If you add a project while an organization is selected, you must set the Groups of organization field.

For more information about groups, see the related document.

Preliminary inspection​

Check the required permissions and recommended policies.

ResouceRole
CloudWatchRead
EC2Read
ElasticCacheRead
CloudFrontRead
DynammodbRead
ElasticBeansTalkRead
AutoScalingRead
EFSRead
RDSRead
  • Recommended policy
    • arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ReadOnlyAccess

Monitoring procedure​

  1. Enter the Amazon authentication data.
  2. Select values for Cloudwatch namespace and collection cycle.
  3. Select values for region, metric, and stat.
Note

After installation, extra charge may be incurred in the cloud depending on the usage, separate from the WhaTap fee. Before installation, check the pricing policy of the active cloud service in the following.

Entry of authentication data​

Installation method using Role ARN is supported. The WhaTap AWS account (911937781722) collects Cloudwatch data by directly assuming the user role. Role assuming is safe and convenient because it does not require access key issuance.

Note

Configuration using the role is recommended. The access key is available only to existing access key users.

Create a role​

Amazon Cloudwatch - role

  1. Log in to the AWS management console and open the IAM console.
  2. In the console navigation pane, select roles and then select Create Role.
  3. In Select type of trusted entity, select an AWS account.
  4. Select a different AWS account, enter the WhaTap ID, 911937781722 in Account ID, and then click Next.
  5. Select an AWS management position in the filtering-based type.
  6. Select the ReadOnlyAccess checkbox from the list for application, and then click Next.
  7. Enter a name and description for the role and then click Create Role.
  8. Select a role created from the role list and then click Edit in Summary.
  9. Change the Maximum session duration to 12 hours and then save it.
  10. Copy the Role ARN item.
  11. Return to the WhaTap Management > Agent Installation page. Paste the copied Role ARN into the Role ARN window, and then click OK.

Selecting the namespace and collection cycle​

After installation, you can select a namespace and a data collection cycle in Management > Agent Installation.

Selecting the namespace and collection cycle

  • If you check in number1 Active Service, you can see active namespaces in number2.
  • If you enter a keyword in the number1 field, you can search any namespace in number2.
  • number2 You can set the data collection cycle for each namespace and whether or not to enable data collection.
    • Select down-arrow in the Whatap Data Interval column to set the data collection cycle.
    • If you select the toggle button in the Enable column, you can enable data collection Icon or disable it Icon.
  • Select number3 Save to save the settings.

Whatap Data Interval​

WhaTap collection cycle indicates the cycle in which the cloud service performance metrics are viewed and stored in the WhaTap monitoring system. By default, it is set to collect every 5 minutes, you can increase the collection interval up to 3 hours.

  • 1 Minute

  • 5 Minutes

  • 10 Minutes

  • 15 Minutes

  • 30Min

  • 60 Minutes

  • 180 Minutes

Namespace​

  • AWS ACMPrivateCA
  • AWS AmazonMQ
  • AWS ApplicationELB Monitoring
  • AWS AppSync
  • AWS Athena
  • AWS AutoScaling
  • AWS Elastic Beanstalk Health
  • AWS Billing
  • AWS Cassandra
  • AWS Chatbot
  • AWS Cloud Front
  • AWS CloudHSM
  • AWS CloudSearch
  • AWS CodeBuild
  • AWS CodeGuruProfiler
  • AWS Cognito
  • AWS Connect
  • AWS ContainerInsights Monitoring
  • AWS DataSync
  • AWS DAX
  • AWS DDoSProtection
  • AWS DMS
  • AWS DocDB
  • AWS DX
  • AWS Dynamo DB
  • AWS Ebs Usage
  • AWS EC2 Monitoring
  • AWS EC2 Alert Config
  • AWS EC2Spot
  • AWS ECS
  • AWS ECS ContainerInsights Monitoring
  • AWS EFS
  • AWS ElastiCache Usage
  • AWS ElasticGPUs
  • AWS ElasticInference
  • AWS ElasticMapReduce
  • AWS ElasticTranscoder
  • AWS Classic ELB Monitoring
  • AWS ES
  • AWS Events
  • AWS Firehose
  • AWS FSx
  • AWS GameLift
  • AWS GatewayELB
  • AWS Glue
  • AWS GroundStation
  • AWS Health
  • AWS Inspector
  • AWS IoT
  • AWS IoTAnalytics
  • AWS IoTSiteWise
  • AWS IVS
  • AWS Kafka
  • AWS Kinesis
  • AWS KinesisAnalytics
  • AWS KinesisVideo
  • AWS KMS
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS Lex
  • AWS Location
  • AWS Logs
  • AWS LookoutMetrics
  • AWS MediaConnect
  • AWS MediaConvert
  • AWS MediaPackage
  • AWS MediaStore
  • AWS MediaTailor
  • AWS ML
  • AWS NATGateway
  • AWS Neptune
  • AWS NetworkELB
  • AWS NetworkFirewall
  • AWS OpsWorks
  • AWS Polly
  • AWS QLDB
  • AWS RDS Monitoring
  • AWS Redshift
  • AWS Robomaker
  • AWS Route53
  • AWS S3
  • AWS SageMaker
  • AWS SDKMetrics
  • AWS ServiceCatalog
  • AWS SES
  • AWS SNS
  • AWS SQS
  • AWS SQS Message
  • AWS SSM-RunCommand
  • AWS States
  • AWS StorageGateway
  • AWS SWF
  • AWS Textract
  • AWS ThingsGraph
  • AWS Timestream
  • AWS Transfer
  • AWS TransitGateway
  • AWS Translate
  • AWS TrustedAdvisor
  • AWS API Usage
  • AWS VPN Monitoring
  • AWS WAF
  • AWS WorkMail
  • AWS WorkSpaces

Selecting the region, metric, and stat​

When you click Edit icon Edit on the right of the namespace checked for collection, you can select values for Region, Metrics, and Stat to collect.

Amazon Cloudwatch - Region,Metric,Stats

Service initialization and deactivation of data collection​

Disabling the data collection and initializing the service

  • Leader line a When the collection toggle Icon is disabled, the data collection is stopped.

  • Leader line b Select Change Role to disable all services that are collecting metrics by selecting Leader line c Service initialization on the Agent installation screen.

  • To completely avoid incurring costs, you must remove the Role from the AWS IAM console.