Grafana ships with built in support for CloudWatch. You just have to add it as a data source and you will
be ready to build dashboards for you CloudWatch metrics.
Grafana ships with built in support for CloudWatch. You just have to add it as a data source and you will be ready to build dashboards for you CloudWatch metrics.
## Adding the data source
## Adding the data source to Grafana
1. Open the side menu by clicking the the Grafana icon in the top header.
1. Open the side menu by clicking the Grafana icon in the top header.
2. In the side menu under the `Dashboards` link you should find a link named `Data Sources`.
3. Click the `+ Add data source` button in the top header.
4. Select `Cloudwatch` from the *Type* dropdown.
> NOTE: If this link is missing in the side menu it means that your current user does not have the `Admin` role for the current organization.
3. Click the `Add new` link in the top header.
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/).
> NOTE: If at any moment you have issues with getting this datasource to work and Grafana is giving you undescriptive errors then don't
forget to check your log file (try looking in /var/log/grafana/grafana.log).
Name | Description
------------ | -------------
Name | The data source name, important that this is the same as in Grafana v1.x if you plan to import old dashboards.
Default | Default data source means that it will be pre-selected for new panels.
Credentials profile name | Specify the name of the profile to use (if you use `~/aws/credentials` file), leave blank for default. This option was introduced in Grafana 2.5.1
Default Region | Used in query editor to set region (can be changed on per query basis)
Custom Metrics namespace | Specify the CloudWatch namespace of Custom metrics
Assume Role Arn | Specify the ARN of the role to assume
*Name* | The data source name. This is how you refer to the data source in panels & queries.
*Default* | Default data source means that it will be pre-selected for new panels.
*Credentials* profile name | Specify the name of the profile to use (if you use `~/aws/credentials` file), leave blank for default.
*Default Region* | Used in query editor to set region (can be changed on per query basis)
*Custom Metrics namespace* | Specify the CloudWatch namespace of Custom metrics
*Assume Role Arn* | Specify the ARN of the role to assume
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## Metric Query Editor
You need to specify a namespace, metric, at least one stat, and at least one dimension.
## Templated queries
CloudWatch Datasource Plugin provides the following functions in `Variables values query` field in Templating Editor to query `region`, `namespaces`, `metric names` and `dimension keys/values` on the CloudWatch.
Instead of hard-coding things like server, application and sensor name in you metric queries you can use variables in their place.
Variables are shown as dropdown select boxes at the top of the dashboard. These dropdowns makes it easy to change the data
being displayed in your dashboard.
Checkout the [Templating]({{<relref"reference/templating.md">}}) documentation for an introduction to the templating feature and the different
types of template variables.
### Query variable
CloudWatch Datasource Plugin provides the following queries you can specify in the `Query` field in the Variable
edit view. They allow you to fill a variable's options list with things like `region`, `namespaces`, `metric names`
and `dimension keys/values`.
Name | Description
------- | --------
`regions()` | Returns a list of regions AWS provides their service.
`namespaces()` | Returns a list of namespaces CloudWatch support.
`metrics(namespace, [region])` | Returns a list of metrics in the namespace. (specify region for custom metrics)
`dimension_keys(namespace)` | Returns a list of dimension keys in the namespace.
`dimension_values(region, namespace, metric, dimension_key)` | Returns a list of dimension values matching the specified `region`, `namespace`, `metric` and `dimension_key`.
`ebs_volume_ids(region, instance_id)` | Returns a list of volume id matching the specified `region`, `instance_id`.
`ec2_instance_attribute(region, attribute_name, filters)` | Returns a list of attribute matching the specified `region`, `attribute_name`, `filters`.
*regions()* | Returns a list of regions AWS provides their service.
*namespaces()* | Returns a list of namespaces CloudWatch support.
*metrics(namespace, [region])* | Returns a list of metrics in the namespace. (specify region for custom metrics)
*dimension_keys(namespace)* | Returns a list of dimension keys in the namespace.
*dimension_values(region, namespace, metric, dimension_key)* | Returns a list of dimension values matching the specified `region`, `namespace`, `metric` and `dimension_key`.
*ebs_volume_ids(region, instance_id)* | Returns a list of volume id matching the specified `region`, `instance_id`.
*ec2_instance_attribute(region, attribute_name, filters)* | Returns a list of attribute matching the specified `region`, `attribute_name`, `filters`.
For details about the metrics CloudWatch provides, please refer to the [CloudWatch documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/DeveloperGuide/CW_Support_For_AWS.html).
## Example templated Queries
#### Examples templated Queries
Example dimension queries which will return list of resources for individual AWS Services:
