Lab 10:To Configure Amazon Cloud Watch

                                          Lab 10:To Configure Amazon Cloud Watch

Objective :To configure Cloudwatch to monitor cpu utilization

Topology:

Pre-Requites :

Task :

Creating alaram

Select Notification

Check mail to verify

1.To configure Amazon Cloudwatch service

Launch a amazon linux instance ,then

Open AWS console

Click on services

In the management Tools section

Click on cloudwatch

On "Cloud watch", panel

Select Alarms

Click on "Create Alarm" button 

In " Create Alarm" page

Select "EC2 Metrics"

Click on "per instance metrics"

From "Create Alarm" page

select" 1.select metric"

In search box provide instance ID or Name

Under Metric Name,select CPU Utilization check box

Click on Next button

On create Alarm page 

select "2.Define Alarm"

under Alarm Threshold

Name------------------>test cpu utilization

Description----------->cputest

under whenever cpu utilization

is >=30

for 1 consective periods

Drag Down

Under Action

Whenever this alarm-------------->state is alarm

Send notifications to------------------------------->Click on new list

Send notifications to------------------------------->cputopicabc

Email------------------------------------------------>adminabc@abc.com

click on " Create Alarm " button

Click on" I will do it later " button

Go to your Email account and Check the mail

once mail is been checked

config status-------------->Pending Confirmation

verify the link from your mail 

open your Email

click on " Confirm Subscription "

verify by the output

After confirmation from Email Config status  has become blank

Now login instance mobaterm

verify output

cpu status is 100% idle

Now check the status in another terminal -2 by running top command

#top

verify the output

CPU load is 100%

Go to cloud watch service

Check the Status

After 5 minutes alarm is generated

Go to email and check mail

click the mail

verify output