Viewing metrics

You can view some metrics in the MediaLive console. You can view all metrics in the CloudWatch console. You can also retrieve metrics using the CLI, the REST API, or any AWS SDK.

On the CloudWatch console, the minimum refresh rate for metrics is 30 seconds.

To view metrics on the MediaLive console

You can view some metrics in the MediaLive console. You can view those metrics for a range from the last hour up to the last week. (To view other metrics or to view historical metrics, you must use the CloudWatch console.)

1. Open the MediaLive console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/medialive/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Channels. In the Channels page, choose the channel you want. The Channel details page appears.

3. Choose the Health tab. The metrics that MediaLive supports on this tab appears.

4. Choose the period and time range. For example, Past 1 day (5 min period).

To view metrics using the CloudWatch console

On the CloudWatch console you can view all MediaLive metrics for any range of time — the current metrics or historical metrics. There is a charge to view metrics on the CloudWatch console.

1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Metrics, then choose All metrics. In the bottom half of the page, the Browse tab shows cards with names.

   No cards appear if you are completely new to AWS, and you haven't performed an action that creates metrics in any service.

3. Select the card that is named AWS/MediaLive.

   This card appears only if you have started at least one channel in the last 15 months in the AWS Region that is currently selected for CloudWatch. This card won't appear if have never started a MediaLive channel. In this case, come back to this procedure after you have created and started a channel.

   (A card named MediaLive might appear in the custom namespace section of the page. This card is for the old namespace for MediaLive metrics. The two namespaces became duplicates of each other in September of 2022, so there is no advantage to choosing this card. Always choose AWS/MediaLive.)

4. The Browse tab in the bottom half of the page now shows dimensions. Choose a metric dimension. For example, choose Channel ID.

   The Browse tab now shows a table with one column that shows the chosen dimension (for example, channel IDs) and one column that shows all the metrics. You can sort the table.

5. Select one or more rows. As soon as you select a row, it appears in the graph in the top half of the page.

6. In the bottom half of the page, choose the Graphed metrics tab.

7. On the choices on the right of the tab, specify the Statistic and the Period.

   When you choose the period, the graph refreshes to show the maximum time range for that period. If the graph is now empty on the left, you can adjust the timeline in the choices at the top right of the graph. Choose a lower number so that the full space is filled up. For example, change 1w to 1d.