We read your custom CloudWatch configurations (JSON only) from the following CloudWatch directories (see recommended directories), and merge them with the standard AMS CloudWatch configuration:
CloudWatch Files
On the instance:
Windows
%ProgramData%\Amazon\AmazonCloudWatchAgent\Configs\
%ProgramFiles%\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\AWSManagedServices.Logging.Utilities\Files\Config.json
Linux
/opt/aws/ams/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json
On Amazon S3:
Windows:
https://ams-configuration-artifacts-
REGION_NAME.s3.REGION_NAME.amazonaws.com/configurations/cloudwatch/latest/windows-cloudwatch-config.json
Linux:
https://ams-configuration-artifacts-
REGION_NAME.s3.REGION_NAME.amazonaws.com/configurations/cloudwatch/latest/linux-cloudwatch-config.json
