Monitoring your automations
Metrics are the fundamental concept in Amazon CloudWatch. A metric represents a time-ordered set of data points that are published to CloudWatch. Think of a metric as a variable to monitor and the data points as representing the values of that variable over time.
Automation is a capability of AWS Systems Manager. Systems Manager publishes metrics about Automation usage to CloudWatch. This allows you to set alarms based on those metrics.
To view Automation metrics in the CloudWatch console
Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
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In the navigation pane, choose Metrics.
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Choose SSM.
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On the Metrics tab, choose Usage, and then choose By AWS Resource.
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In the search box near the list of metrics, enter SSM.
To view Automation metrics using the AWS CLI
Open a command prompt, and use the following command.
aws cloudwatch list-metrics \ --namespace "AWS/Usage"
Automation metrics
Systems Manager sends the following Automation metrics to CloudWatch.
| Metric | Description |
|---|---|
ConcurrentAutomationUsage
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The number of automations running at the same time in the current AWS account and AWS Region. |
QueuedAutomationUsage
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The number of automations currently queued that have not started
and have a status of Pending. |
For more information about working with CloudWatch metrics, see the following topics in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide:
