Activeboard: AWS Cloudwatch Monitor

[ 1 Purpose ] [ 2 Prerequisites ] [ 3 Open Activeboard ] [ 4 Use 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:

cloud.aws.cloudwatch.event ^{learn more}

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.