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3. Click the `Add new` link in the top header.
3. Click the `Add new` link in the top header.
4. Select `CloudWatch` from the dropdown.
4. Select `CloudWatch` from the dropdown.
> NOTE: If at any moment you have issues with getting this datasource to work and grafana is giving you undescriptive errors then dont forget to check your log file (try looking in /var/log/grafana/).
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### AWS credentials file
### AWS credentials file
Create a file at `~/.aws/credentials`. That is the `HOME` path for user running grafana-server.
Create a file at `~/.aws/credentials`. That is the `HOME` path for user running grafana-server.
> NOTE: If you think you have the credentials file in the right place but it is still not working then you might try moving your .aws file to '/usr/share/grafana/' and make sure your credentials file has at most 0644 permissions.