5 Steps to Monitor Lightsail VM using Amazon Cloud Watch
Amazon Cloud Watch and Azure Monitor are native cloud monitoring tools that can be bundled with cloud subscriptions, sparking debate over their sufficiency for full observability and SRE MELT goals. The post details a five-step process for monitoring AWS Lightsail VMs using Amazon Cloud Watch, covering installation and configuration of the AWS CLI and CloudWatch agent. This process is vital as Lightsail VMs do not natively include AWS CloudWatch agents. Additional metrics, such as memory and network consumption, can also be monitored, though troubleshooting may be necessary for some metrics to appear.