Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) metrics
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Ensure your cloud platform is configured in SolarWinds Observability to collect this service's data. See Add an AWS cloud account. CloudWatch metrics must also be enabled for this service in the AWS Console for the metric data to be available.
Depending on the subscription pricing tier of your AWS account or its services, additional metrics may be available for this entity. To collect additional
Many of the collected metrics from AWS EC2 entities are displayed as widgets in SolarWinds Observability explorers; additional metrics may be collected and available in the Metrics Explorer. You can also create an alert for when an entity's metric value moves out of a specific range. See Entities in SolarWinds Observability for information about entity types in SolarWinds Observability.
The following table lists AWS.EC2 in the search box.
| Metric | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|
AWS.EC2.CPUCreditBalance
|
Count |
For T2 Instances. The number of CPU credits available for the instance to burst beyond its base CPU utilization. Credits are stored in the credit balance after they are earned and removed from the credit balance after they expire. Credits expire 24 hours after they are earned. |
AWS.EC2.CPUCreditUsage
|
Count |
For T2 Instances. The number of CPU credits consumed by the instance. One CPU credit equals one vCPU running at 100% utilization for one minute or an equivalent combination of vCPUs, utilization, and time (for example, one vCPU running at 50% utilization for two minutes or two vCPUs running at 25% utilization for two minutes). |
AWS.EC2.CPUUtilization
|
Percent (%) |
The percentage of allocated EC2 compute units that are currently in use on the instance. This metric identifies the processing power required to run an application upon a selected instance. |
AWS.EC2.DiskReadBytes
|
Binary Bytes |
Bytes read from all instance store volumes available to the instance. This metric is used to determine the volume of the data the application reads from the hard disk of the instance. This can be used to determine the speed of the application. |
AWS.EC2.DiskReadOps
|
Count |
Completed read operations from all instance store volumes available to the instance in a specified period of time. |
AWS.EC2.DiskWriteBytes
|
Binary Bytes |
Bytes written to all instance store volumes available to the instance. This metric is used to determine the volume of the data the application writes onto the hard disk of the instance. This can be used to determine the speed of the application. |
AWS.EC2.DiskWriteOps
|
Count |
Completed write operations to all instance store volumes available to the instance in a specified period of time. |
AWS.EC2.NetworkIn
|
Binary Bytes |
The number of bytes received on all network interfaces by the instance. This metric identifies the volume of incoming network traffic to a single instance. |
AWS.EC2.NetworkOut
|
Binary Bytes |
The number of bytes sent out on all network interfaces by the instance. This metric identifies the volume of outgoing network traffic from a single instance. |
AWS.EC2.NetworkPacketsIn
|
Count |
The number of packets received on all network interfaces by the instance. This metric identifies the volume of incoming traffic in terms of the number of packets on a single instance. This metric is available for basic monitoring only. |
AWS.EC2.NetworkPacketsOut
|
Count |
The number of packets sent out on all network interfaces by the instance. This metric identifies the volume of outgoing traffic in terms of the number of packets on a single instance. This metric is available for basic monitoring only. |
AWS.EC2.StatusCheckFailed
|
Count |
Reports whether the instance has passed both the instance status check and the system status check in the last minute.This metric can be either 0 (passed) or 1 (failed). |
AWS.EC2.StatusCheckFailed_Instance
|
Count |
Reports whether the instance has passed the instance status check in the last minute.This metric can be either 0 (passed) or 1 (failed). |