userdata_linux_basic.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# comment out the appropriate linux version for install

# Amazon Linux
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/amazon_linux/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm -O /tmp/cwagent.rpm
# Redhat
# curl -o /tmp/cwagent.rpm https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/redhat/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm
# SUSE
# wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/suse/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm -O /tmp/cwagent.rpm
# Debian
# wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/debian/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb -O /tmp/cwagent.deb
# Ubuntu
# curl -o /tmp/cwagent.deb https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/ubuntu/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb

# For RPM install, uncoment next line
rpm -U /tmp/cwagent.rpm

# For Debian package install, uncoment next line
# dpkg -i -E ./cwagent.deb


cat > /tmp/cwconfig.json <<"EOL"
{
	"agent": {
		"metrics_collection_interval": 60,
		"run_as_user": "root"
	},
	"metrics": {
		"append_dimensions": {
			"AutoScalingGroupName": "${aws:AutoScalingGroupName}",
			"ImageId": "${aws:ImageId}",
			"InstanceId": "${aws:InstanceId}",
			"InstanceType": "${aws:InstanceType}"
		},
		"metrics_collected": {
			"disk": {
				"measurement": [
					"used_percent"
				],
				"metrics_collection_interval": 60,
				"resources": [
					"*"
				]
			},
			"mem": {
				"measurement": [
					"mem_used_percent"
				],
				"metrics_collection_interval": 60
			}
		}
	}
}
EOL
echo "Configuring CloudWatch agent with file /tmp/cwconfig.json: "
cat /tmp/cwconfig.json
echo "starting cloudwatch agent"
/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c file:/tmp/cwconfig.json -s