Monitoring CloudWatch Cluster and Node Metrics - Amazon ElastiCache
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Monitoring CloudWatch Cluster and Node Metrics

ElastiCache and CloudWatch are integrated so you can gather a variety of metrics. You can monitor these metrics using CloudWatch.

Note

The following examples require the CloudWatch command line tools. For more information about CloudWatch and to download the developer tools, see the CloudWatch product page.

The following procedures show you how to use CloudWatch to gather storage space statistics for an cache cluster for the past hour.

Note

The StartTime and EndTime values supplied in the examples below are for illustrative purposes. You must substitute appropriate start and end time values for your cache nodes.

For information on ElastiCache limits, see AWS Service Limits for ElastiCache.

Monitoring CloudWatch Cluster and Node Metrics (Console)

To gather CPU utilization statistics for a cache cluster

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the ElastiCache console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/elasticache/.

  2. Select the cache nodes you want to view metrics for.

    Note

    Selecting more than 20 nodes disables viewing metrics on the console.

    1. On the Cache Clusters page of the AWS Management Console, click the name of one or more cache clusters.

      The detail page for the cache cluster appears.

    2. Click the Nodes tab at the top of the window.

    3. On the Nodes tab of the detail window, select the cache nodes that you want to view metrics for.

      A list of available CloudWatch Metrics appears at the bottom of the console window.

    4. Click on the CPU Utilization metric.

      The CloudWatch console will open, displaying your selected metrics. You can use the Statistic and Period drop-down list boxes and Time Range tab to change the metrics being displayed.

Monitoring CloudWatch Cluster and Node Metrics using the CloudWatch CLI

To gather CPU utilization statistics for a cache cluster

  • For Linux, macOS, or Unix:

    aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics \
    --namespace AWS/ElastiCache \
    --metric-name CPUUtilization \
    --dimensions='[{"Name":"CacheClusterId","Value":"test"},{"Name":"CacheNodeId","Value":"0001"}]' \					
    --statistics=Average \
    --start-time 2018-07-05T00:00:00 \
    --end-time 2018-07-06T00:00:00 \
    --period=3600

    For Windows:

    aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics ^
    --namespace AWS/ElastiCache ^
    --metric-name CPUUtilization ^
    --dimensions='[{"Name":"CacheClusterId","Value":"test"},{"Name":"CacheNodeId","Value":"0001"}]' ^
    --statistics=Average ^
    --start-time 2018-07-05T00:00:00 ^
    --end-time 2018-07-06T00:00:00 ^
    --period=3600

Monitoring CloudWatch Cluster and Node Metrics using the CloudWatch API

To gather CPU utilization statistics for a cache cluster

  • Call the CloudWatch API GetMetricStatistics with the following parameters (note that the start and end times are shown as examples only; you will need to substitute your own appropriate start and end times):

    • Statistics.member.1=Average

    • Namespace=AWS/ElastiCache

    • StartTime=2013-07-05T00:00:00

    • EndTime=2013-07-06T00:00:00

    • Period=60

    • MeasureName=CPUUtilization

    • Dimensions=CacheClusterId=mycachecluster,CacheNodeId=0002

    Example 
    
http://monitoring.amazonaws.com/
    ?Action=GetMetricStatistics
    &SignatureVersion=4
    &Version=2014-12-01
    &StartTime=2018-07-05T00:00:00
    &EndTime=2018-07-06T23:59:00
    &Period=3600
    &Statistics.member.1=Average
    &Dimensions.member.1="CacheClusterId=mycachecluster"
    &Dimensions.member.2="CacheNodeId=0002"
    &Namespace=&AWS;/ElastiCache
    &MeasureName=CPUUtilization						
    &Timestamp=2018-07-07T17%3A48%3A21.746Z
    &AWS;AccessKeyId=<&AWS; Access Key ID>
    &Signature=<Signature>