# cSpell:ignore awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver
title: CloudWatch Metrics Receiver
registryType: receiver
language: collector
tags:
  - awscloudwatchmetrics
  - receiver
  - collector
license: Apache 2.0
description:
  Receives Cloudwatch metrics from AWS Cloudwatch via the AWS SDK for Cloudwatch
  Logs
authors:
  - name: OpenTelemetry Authors
# cSpell:ignore awscloudwatchmetrics

urls:
  repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver
createdAt: 2022-10-25
package:
  registry: go-collector
  name: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver
  version: v0.103.0
