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AWS Cloudwatch Monitor Activeboard

Purpose

The AWS Cloudwatch Monitor Activeboard process information from Amazon Web Services. This Activeboard sources and displays the status and performance information about the deployed cloud services and infrastructure. It also allows you to apply filters to narrow down the analytical data collected from the infrastructure components and retrieve data from individual instances.

AWS Dashboard: Simple value widget

Filter by Identity: Select input

Cloudwatch events by source: Column chart widget

Filters: Simple value widget

Cloudwatch events: Simple value widget

Last 10 events: Table widget

Filter by Region: Select input

Cloudwatch events cloud: Line chart widget

Related dashboards: Simple value widget

Filter by Account: Select input

Last: Simple value widget

Data ingestion manuals: Simple value widget

Filter by Source: Select input

Activate AWS services: Simple value widget

Related dashboards: Simple value widget

Prerequisites

To use this Activeboard you must have the following data sources available in your domain:

Open Activeboard

Once you have installed the Activeboard, you can use the Open button at the top right of the card in Exchange to access it and see the different widgets populated with the relevant data. You can also access the Activeboard area via the Navigation pane.

Data loading takes too long?

Sometimes some widgets take time to upload the data, it is possible to speed up the process by creating aggregation tasks. Refer to the Aggregation tasks article to learn how to do it.

Use Activeboard

After installing and opening the Activeboard, you can use its widgets to visualize and monitor data. To do this, each widget offers a variety of customization and visualization options. Refer to Using widgets and Using inputs to know them all.