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Installing and configuring the Amazon CloudWatch Agent on Amazon Linux and Ubuntu

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🚀 Deploying Amazon CloudWatch Agent on Amazon Linux & Ubuntu

Today, I successfully installed and configured the Amazon CloudWatch Agent on both Amazon Linux and Ubuntu! 🎯

This task involved setting up system metrics and log monitoring for EC2 instances, ensuring that CPU, memory, disk usage, and application logs are seamlessly sent to Amazon CloudWatch for analysis.

Below is a step-by-step outline to achieve this on both Amazon Linux and Ubuntu.

📌 Amazon Linux: Installing & Configuring CloudWatch Agent

1️⃣ Update the system

 sudo yum update -y
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2️⃣ Install CloudWatch Agent

 sudo yum install -y amazon-cloudwatch-agent
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3️⃣ Run the Configuration Wizard

 sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-config-wizard
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4️⃣ Start the CloudWatch Agent

 sudo systemctl enable amazon-cloudwatch-agent sudo systemctl start amazon-cloudwatch-agent
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5️⃣ Verify the status

 sudo systemctl status amazon-cloudwatch-agent
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📌 Ubuntu: Installing & Configuring CloudWatch Agent

1️⃣ Update the system

 sudo apt update -y
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2️⃣ Download CloudWatch Agent

 curl -O https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/ubuntu/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb
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3️⃣ Install the Agent

 sudo dpkg -i amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb
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4️⃣ Run the Configuration Wizard

 sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-config-wizard
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5️⃣ Enable and Start CloudWatch Agent

 sudo systemctl enable amazon-cloudwatch-agent sudo systemctl start amazon-cloudwatch-agent
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6️⃣ Check the Agent Status

 sudo systemctl status amazon-cloudwatch-agent
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🔍 Key Takeaways

✅ Amazon CloudWatch Agent helps monitor EC2 instances and applications in real-time.

✅ Amazon Linux supports direct installation via yum, while Ubuntu requires manual package installation.

✅ Logs and metrics can be customized via /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/config.json.

✅ Using AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store, configurations can be centrally managed across multiple instances.

🚀 Next Steps

I’ll be diving deeper into CloudWatch Logs Insights to analyze application performance and troubleshoot issues effectively!

If you're working on AWS observability, let’s connect and share insights! What’s your experience with CloudWatch Agent? Drop your thoughts in the comments! ⬇️

AWS #CloudEngineering #AmazonLinux #Ubuntu #DevOps #CloudWatch #Monitoring

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