Overview
AWS Trusted Advisor is an online tool that provides you real time guidance to help you provision your resources following AWS best practices.
Enable this integration to see all your Trusted Advisor metrics in Datadog.
Note: This integration only works for AWS customers with a Business or Enterprise support plan.
Setup
Installation
If you haven’t already, set up the Amazon Web Services integration first.
Metric collection
- In the IAM Console, add
support:describe* and support:refresh* as an action in the policy document field. For more information about the AWS Support API, see Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS Support. - In the AWS integration page, ensure that
Trusted Advisor is enabled under the Metric Collection tab. - Install the Datadog - AWS Trusted Advisor integration.
Log collection
Enable logging
Configure AWS Trusted Advisor to send logs either to a S3 bucket or to CloudWatch.
Note: If you log to a S3 bucket, make sure that amazon_trusted_advisor is set as Target prefix.
Send logs to Datadog
If you haven’t already, set up the Datadog Forwarder Lambda function.
Once the Lambda function is installed, manually add a trigger on the S3 bucket or CloudWatch log group that contains your AWS Trusted Advisor logs in the AWS console:
Data Collected
Metrics
aws.advisor.service_limit.max
(gauge) | Amazon Trusted Advisor service limit max |
aws.advisor.service_limit.usage
(gauge) | Amazon Trusted Advisor service limit usage |
aws.advisor.service_limit.usage_ratio
(gauge) | Amazon Trusted Advisor service limit usage ratio |
aws.trustedadvisor.green_checks
(gauge) | The number of Trusted Advisor checks in a green (OK) state.
Shown as check |
aws.trustedadvisor.red_checks
(gauge) | The number of Trusted Advisor checks in a red (ERROR) state.
Shown as check |
aws.trustedadvisor.service_limit_usage
(gauge) | The percentage of resource utilization against a service limit.
Shown as percent |
aws.trustedadvisor.yellow_checks
(gauge) | The number of Trusted Advisor checks in a yellow (WARN) state.
Shown as check |
Events
The AWS Trusted Advisor integration does not include any events.
Service Checks
The AWS Trusted Advisor integration does not include any service checks.
Dashboard
To populate data on your AWS Trusted Advisor integration dashboard:
- Configure support permissions.
- In the IAM Console, add
support:describe* and support: refresh* as an action in the policy document text box.
- Have an upgraded AWS support plan.
The Datadog Trusted Advisor Dashboard needs access to the full set of AWS Trusted Advisor checks. AWS makes these only available for upgraded AWS support plans. Make sure that your AWS plan includes full access.
Troubleshooting
Need help? Contact Datadog support.
Further Reading
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