How to monitor logs from an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Windows instance

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    Installation procedure

    Ensure that EventLog Analyzer server can access EC2 Windows instance.

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    Confirm the agent installation.
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    Confirm the agent installation.

    Enter the server details: Server Name or Server IP Address, Server Database, Server Protocol, AWS Instance (choose Yes if agent installation is on AWS, No if it is not), Server Port (mention the HTTP/HTTPS server port, default port is 8095).

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    Confirm the agent installation.
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    EventLog Analyzer agent is installed as a service in AWS Windows instance.
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    Check whether the service is running.
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    EC2 server name is resolved from the IP address provided.
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    EC2 server name is resolved from the IP address provided.

    You can check that the AWS instance is displayed in both the Devices tab and the Agent Administration settings page.

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    EC2 server name is resolved from the IP address provided.

    After five minutes you can view the reports rolling out for the AWS instance.

    Note
    • Install one agent on each AWS Windows server instance.
    • You should not associate other AWS server instances with an AWS agent.