Set up Cisco AppDynamics Cloud Collectors to Monitor AWS

This page introduces the Cisco AppDynamics Cloud Collectors and describes how to configure them to monitor Amazon Web Services (AWS) services.

The Cisco AppDynamics Cloud Collectors are data collectors that collect metrics and entity attributes from Amazon Web Services, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform and send them to Cisco Cloud Observability. Cisco AppDynamics Cloud Collectors poll data from cloud services every five minutes.

It may take between 5-10 minutes for the data to be polled before metrics are visible on the Observe page, list view, and detail view.

Cisco Cloud Observability correlates AWS data, including AWS CloudWatch data, with your underlying infrastructure and services. The relevant key performance indicators (KPIs) within these models are linked to the application flows that depend on them. This enables you to prioritize investigation and remediation of any infrastructure issues in the business context in which your infrastructure is used.

Cloud monitoring does not require agent installation. Simply add a cloud connection to your cloud provider account and start monitoring.

Performance and Scaling Requirements 

For performance and scaling requirements, see Cloud Performance and Scaling.

Get Started

1. Connect your Cisco Cloud Observability account to AWS using Access Key Credentials or Role Delegation.
2. When a cloud connection is set up, Cisco Cloud Observability begins collecting data and populates the Observe page with entity-centric pages (ECPs). You can now monitor the following AWS Entities: 
   
   • Amazon API Gateway
   • Amazon Database Services
     • AWS Database Migration Service
     • Amazon DocumentDB
     • Amazon DynamoDB
     • Amazon ElastiCache
     • Amazon Relational Database Service
   • Amazon Elastic Container Services
     • Amazon ECS Clusters
     • Amazon ECS Services
     • Amazon ECS Task Definitions
     • Amazon Elastic Container Registry
   • Amazon Function Services and Development Tools
     • AWS CodeBuild
     • AWS Config
     • AWS Direct Connect
     • AWS Lambda
     • AWS SageMaker
     • AWS Service Catalog
   • Amazon Hosts
     
     • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
   • Amazon Load Balancing and Auto Scaling Services
     • Amazon Application, Classic, and Network Load Balancers
     • Amazon Auto Scaling Groups
     • Amazon MQ
   • Amazon Networking and Security Services
     • AWS Backup
     • AWS Certificate Manager
     • Amazon CloudFront
     • Amazon Cognito
     • AWS Key Management Service
     • Amazon Route 53
     • AWS Secrets Manager
   • Amazon Simple Notification Service
   • Amazon Simple Queue Service
   • Amazon Storage Services
     • Amazon Elastic Block Storage
     • Amazon Elastic File System
     • Amazon S3
   • Amazon Data Analytics Services
     • Amazon Apache Managed Flink Application
     • Amazon Athena
     • AWS Glue
     • Amazon Kinesis
     • Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka

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