ManageEngine® Applications Manager Chapter 6.6.1 Amazon Monitors |
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Applications Manager automatically discovers all the EC2 and RDS instances under your Amazon account. You can then enable monitoring for those instances as per your requirement.
Amazon accounts are monitored based on the parameters or the attributes listed below. These attributes provide detailed information about the functioning of the Amazon account. You can also configure thresholds to the numerical attributes based on these details and get notified when the thresholds are violated.
The Availability tab shows the availability history of the Amazon account for the past 24 hours or 30 days. The Performance tab shows some key performance indicators of the Amazon account such as Total EC2 Instances running and Total RDS Instances along with heat charts for these attributes. This tab also shows the health status and events for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
The List view displays all the Amazon instances along with an overall idea of their availability and health status. The list view also enables you to perform bulk admin configurations. Click on the individual applications listed to view detailed performance metrics.
Click on the monitor listed in the Availability tab to view detailed performance metrics of the Amazon instance. These metrics are categorized into 2 different tabs for easy understanding. Here is an explanation of the metrics shown in these tabs:
1) Instances
This tab provides a high-level overview of your Amazon account as well as information about the EC2 instances present in this account.
Parameter | Description |
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Monitor Information | |
Name |
The name of the Amazon account. |
Type |
Denotes the type you are monitoring. |
Health |
Denotes the health (Clear, Warning, Critical) status of the Amazon account. |
Total EC2 Instances Running |
The number of EC2 instances running in the account |
Total EBS Volumes in use |
The number of EBS storage volumes currently in use |
Total RDS Instances | The total number of RDS instances present in the account |
Last Polled at | Specifies the time at which the last poll was performed |
Next Poll at | Specifies the time at which the next poll is scheduled |
Today's Availability | Shows the overall availability status of the account for the day. You can also view 7/30 reports and the current availability status of the account |
EC2 Instances | |
Instance ID |
The unique identifier of the EC2 instance |
Region Name | The region where this EC2 instance is running |
State | The current state of the instance. The values include running, stopped, shutdown and terminated |
Platform | The OS on which the instance is runnng |
Monitoring | Denotes whether CloudWatch monitoring is enabled for this instance. |
Public DNS Name | The DNS name associated with the instance |
You can perform the following admin actions on the EC2 instances:
Delete: Delete the EC2 instance from the account.
Assign Platform: Assign platforms such as Windows, Mac OS, etc. to instances
Enable CloudWatch: Option to enable CloudWatch monitoring for the instance.
Disable CloudWatch: Disable CloudWatch monitoring for the instance.
Start Instances: Option to start the EC2 instance from Applications Manager.
Stop Instances: Option to stop EC2 instances from Applications Manager
Reboot Instances: Option to reboot the EC2 instances from within Applications Manager.
2) RDS Instances
This tab provides details about the RDS Instances present in the Amazon account.
Parameter | Description |
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Instance ID |
The unique identifier of the instance. |
Region Name |
The region in which the RDS instance is running |
State | The current state of this instance. The possible values for this field are available, creating, failed, rebooting, etc. |
DB Engine Name | The name of the database engine associated with this instance |
Allocated Storage | The storage space allocated to this instance in Giga Bytes |
See Also
Cloud Apps |
EC2 Instances |