How to Troubleshooting the CloudWatch Agent?
The CloudWatch agent’s configuration, connectivity, and metric and log collecting issues must be found and fixed during troubleshooting. You can troubleshoot common issues with the CloudWatch agent by following these steps:
Check Agent Logs
For troubleshooting, the CloudWatch agent logs are a useful source of data. Look through the agent logs for any error or warning messages that might point to problems with the agent or its setup.
- On Linux: Logs are typically located in
/var/log/amazon/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/
. - On Windows: Logs are usually in
C:\ProgramFiles\Amazon\AmazonCloudWatchAgent\Logs\
.
Check IAM Permissions
Make sure the IAM role connected to your EC2 instance (or the instance on which the agent is executing) has the authority to upload metrics and logs to CloudWatch. Policies for the IAM role should allow the necessary rights for CloudWatch actions.
Verify The Network Connection
Make sure that the server or EC2 instance executing the CloudWatch agent has reliable internet access. To send data, the agent must establish a connection with the CloudWatch service.
Examine The Agent Configuration.
Make that the ‘Amazon-cloud watch-agent. json’Amazon-cloud watch-agent.json ‘ configuration file for the CloudWatch agent is set up properly. Keep an eye out for syntax mistakes, missing values, or bad configuration choices.
How to Run and Install the CloudWatch Agent on Your Servers?
Amazon CloudWatch is a powerful tool that is used to collect metrics on resources and monitor their performance of the resources. It can monitor system-level metrics like CPU usage, memory usage, and disk space and also the application levels metrics like requests per second and error rates. By collecting these data it will help the developers to analyze and know the performance of the servers.