AWS Cloudwatch Metrics

Description

Send your metrics to AWS Cloudwatch for monitoring.

Configuration Options

Option	Description
Access Key ID	AWS Access Key ID
Secret Access Key	AWS Secret Access Key
Compression	Whether to compress the outgoing payload. Options: none or gzip
Namespace	Name for the container that will isolate metrics from one another.
Region	The name of the AWS region that is targeted.

Health Check

This sink is set up to automatically perform a health check on the AWS Cloudwatch Instance. In doing so, it will emit a healthcheck metric into your namespace.