What Is Metric in Aws

A metric represents a time-ordered set of data points that are published to CloudWatch. Think of a metric as a variable to monitor, and the data points as representing the values of that variable over time. For example, the CPU usage of a particular EC2 instance is one metric provided by Amazon EC2.

How does AWS metrics work?

Amazon CloudWatch is basically a metrics repository. An AWS service—such as Amazon EC2—puts metrics into the repository, and you retrieve statistics based on those metrics. … You can configure alarm actions to stop, start, or terminate an Amazon EC2 instance when certain criteria are met.

How do I create AWS metrics?

To add a graph to your dashboard, choose Line or Stacked area and choose Configure. In the Add metric graph dialog box, select the metrics to graph and choose Create widget. If a specific metric doesn’t appear in the dialog box because it hasn’t published data in more than 14 days, you can add it manually.

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