[Package Request] - Amazon CloudWatch Agent

[thimslugga]

What package is missing from Amazon Linux 2023? Please describe and include package name.

The Amazon CloudWatch Agent.

https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/install-CloudWatch-Agent-on-EC2-Instance.html

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/Install-CloudWatch-Agent.html

Is this an update to existing package or new package request?

New Package Request

Is this package available in Amazon Linux 2? If it is available via external sources such as EPEL, please specify.

The CloudWatch agent is available as a package in Amazon Linux 2. If you are using this operating system, you can install the package by entering the following command.

sudo yum install amazon-cloudwatch-agent

Any additional information you'd like to include. (use-cases, etc)

Sending cloudwatch logs and other metrics to CloudWatch service.

[jocel1]

Hi!

I'm using the latest AL2023 AMI, and the amazon-cloudwatch-agent is available:

dnf info amazon-cloudwatch-agent
Last metadata expiration check: 5:54:28 ago on Tue May  2 15:10:09 2023.
Installed Packages
Name         : amazon-cloudwatch-agent
Version      : 1.247358.0
Release      : 1.amzn2023
Architecture : aarch64
Size         : 124 M
Source       : amazon-cloudwatch-agent-1.247358.0-1.amzn2023.src.rpm
Repository   : @System
From repo    : amazonlinux
Summary      : Amazon CloudWatch Agent
License      : MIT
Description  : This package provides daemon of Amazon CloudWatch Agent

[thimslugga]

yes, this one is good to close.