--- title: CloudWatch description: Adapter for cloudwatch metrics. location: https://istio.io/docs/reference/config/policy-and-telemetry/adapters/cloudwatch.html layout: protoc-gen-docs generator: protoc-gen-docs supported_templates: metric aliases: - /docs/reference/config/adapters/cloudwatch.html number_of_entries: 3 ---
The CloudWatch adapter enables Istio to deliver metrics to Amazon CloudWatch.
To push metrics to CloudWatch using this adapter you must provide AWS credentials the AWS SDK. (see AWS docs).
The handler configuration must contain the same metrics as the instance configuration. The metrics specified in both instance and handler configurations will be sent to CloudWatch.
This adapter supports the metric template.
Configuration for the cloudwatch
adapter.
CloudWatch metric format.
Name | Description |
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None |
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Seconds |
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Microseconds |
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Milliseconds |
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Count |
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Bytes |
|
Kilobytes |
|
Megabytes |
|
Gigabytes |
|
Terabytes |
|
Bits |
|
Kilobits |
|
Megabits |
|
Gigabits |
|
Terabits |
|
Percent |
|
Bytes_Second |
|
Kilobytes_Second |
|
Megabytes_Second |
|
Gigabytes_Second |
|
Terabytes_Second |
|
Bits_Second |
|
Kilobits_Second |
|
Megabits_Second |
|
Gigabits_Second |
|
Terabits_Second |
|
Count_Second |