CloudWatch Agent

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		                Cloudwatch Agent
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----*** Create IAM role ***----

* Go to IAM 

* Create Role

* Under permission - tick - CloudWatchAgentServerPolicy

* Attach role to the EC2 instance
(Allow HTTPS from firewall)


----*** Configure the Agent ***----


$ sudo apt-get update

## Download the CloudWatch agent package
$ wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/ubuntu/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb

## Install the package
# sudo dpkg -i -E ./amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb

## Configure the CloudWatch agent
$ sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-config-wizard
>> CollectD - no
>> SSM - no

## Start the CloudWatch agent
$ sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -s -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/config.json

## Generate stress on system
$ sudo apt install stress
$ stress --cpu 1