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Cloud Application Manager AWS Native Monitoring Configuration

Updated by Jason Oldham on Mar 20, 2018
Article Code: kb/31

Introduction

To supplement our Managed OS Anywhere offering we offer functionality to monitor native AWS Services via CloudWatch to augment our existing OS level monitoring capabilities as an optional feature.

Overview

The below process details the steps to configure your AWS account for Lumen's AWS Native Monitoring functionality.

Create Lumen Cloud Monitoring IAM Role

  • Navigate to IAM 'Roles'
  • Click 'Create Role'
  • Select 'EC2' for the services
  • Click 'Next'
  • Select 'ReadOnlyAccess'
  • Click 'Next'
  • Name the Role as "CTLCloudApplicationManagerMonitoring"
  • Add the following Description: "CTL's Cloud Application Manager Monitoring Functionality"
  • Click 'Create Role'
Apply ARN Policy to CTL Management Appliance
  • Within AWS navigate to the EC2 section
  • Right click CTL's Management Appliance, select 'Instance Settings' then 'Attach/Replace IAM role'
  • Select 'CTLCloudApplicationManagerMonitoring' from drop down
  • Click 'Apply'
Contact Operations for Monitoring Policy Configuration
  • Contact our operations team here to request the configuration of AWS native monitoring checks in your enviorment to supplement existing monitoring coverage for the Managed OS offering.