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Creates CloudWatch monitoring infrastructure using CloudFormation templates: metrics, alarms, dashboards, log groups, anomaly detection, synthesized canaries, and Application Signals.
Follow these steps to create CloudWatch monitoring infrastructure with CloudFormation:
Specify metric namespaces, dimensions, and threshold values:
Parameters:
ErrorRateThreshold:
Type: Number
Default: 5
Description: Error rate threshold for alarms (percentage)
LatencyThreshold:
Type: Number
Default: 1000
Description: Latency threshold in milliseconds
CpuUtilizationThreshold:
Type: Number
Default: 80
Description: CPU utilization threshold (percentage)
LogRetentionDays:
Type: Number
Default: 30
AllowedValues:
- 1
- 3
- 7
- 14
- 30
- 60
- 90
- 120
- 365
Description: Number of days to retain log events
Set up alarms for CPU, memory, disk, and custom metrics:
Resources:
HighCpuAlarm:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
Properties:
AlarmName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-high-cpu"
AlarmDescription: Trigger when CPU utilization exceeds threshold
MetricName: CPUUtilization
Namespace: AWS/EC2
Dimensions:
- Name: InstanceId
Value: !Ref InstanceId
Statistic: Average
Period: 60
EvaluationPeriods: 3
Threshold: !Ref CpuUtilizationThreshold
ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
AlarmActions:
- !Ref AlarmTopic
ErrorRateAlarm:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
Properties:
AlarmName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-error-rate"
MetricName: ErrorRate
Namespace: !Ref CustomNamespace
Dimensions:
- Name: Service
Value: !Ref ServiceName
Statistic: Average
Period: 60
EvaluationPeriods: 5
Threshold: !Ref ErrorRateThreshold
ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
Define SNS topics for notification delivery:
Resources:
AlarmNotificationTopic:
Type: AWS::SNS::Topic
Properties:
DisplayName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-alarms"
TopicName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-alarms"
AlarmTopicPolicy:
Type: AWS::SNS::TopicPolicy
Properties:
PolicyDocument:
Statement:
- Effect: Allow
Principal:
Service: cloudwatch.amazonaws.com
Action: sns:Publish
Resource: !Ref AlarmNotificationTopic
Topics:
- !Ref AlarmNotificationTopic
Build visualization widgets for metrics across resources:
Resources:
MonitoringDashboard:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Dashboard
Properties:
DashboardName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-dashboard"
DashboardBody: !Sub |
{
"widgets": [
{
"type": "metric",
"x": 0,
"y": 0,
"width": 12,
"height": 6,
"properties": {
"title": "CPU Utilization",
"metrics": [["AWS/EC2", "CPUUtilization", "InstanceId", "${InstanceId}"]],
"period": 300,
"stat": "Average",
"region": "${AWS::Region}"
}
}
]
}
Configure retention policies and encryption settings:
Resources:
ApplicationLogGroup:
Type: AWS::Logs::LogGroup
Properties:
LogGroupName: !Sub "/aws/applications/${Environment}/${ApplicationName}"
RetentionInDays: !Ref LogRetentionDays
KmsKeyId: !Ref LogEncryptionKey
Create metrics from log data:
Resources:
ErrorMetricFilter:
Type: AWS::Logs::MetricFilter
Properties:
LogGroupName: !Ref ApplicationLogGroup
FilterPattern: '[level="ERROR", msg]'
MetricTransformations:
- MetricValue: "1"
MetricNamespace: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}/Application"
MetricName: ErrorCount
Build multi-condition alarm logic:
Resources:
SystemHealthComposite:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::CompositeAlarm
Properties:
AlarmName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-system-health"
AlarmRule: !Or
- !Ref HighCpuAlarm
- !Ref ErrorRateAlarm
AlarmActions:
- !Ref AlarmTopic
Create saved queries for log analysis:
Resources:
ErrorAnalysisQuery:
Type: AWS::Logs::QueryDefinition
Properties:
Name: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-errors"
LogGroupNames:
- !Ref ApplicationLogGroup
QueryString: |
fields @timestamp, @message
| filter @message like /ERROR/
| sort @timestamp desc
| limit 100
Before deploying, validate the CloudFormation template:
aws cloudformation validate-template --template-body file://template.yaml
For parameterized templates, test with sample values:
aws cloudformation validate-template \
--template-body file://monitoring.yaml \
--capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM
Deploy the stack and verify resources:
# Deploy stack
aws cloudformation create-stack \
--stack-name my-monitoring-stack \
--template-body file://monitoring.yaml \
--parameters file://parameters.json \
--capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM
# Wait for completion
aws cloudformation wait stack-create-complete \
--stack-name my-monitoring-stack
# Verify alarms are in OK state
aws cloudwatch describe-alarms --stack-name my-monitoring-stack
# Check dashboard accessibility
aws cloudwatch get-dashboard --dashboard-name my-monitoring-stack-dashboard
Test alarm actions before production:
# Set alarm to testing state
aws cloudwatch set-alarm-state \
--alarm-name my-alarm \
--state-value ALARM \
--state-reason "Testing alarm action"
set-alarm-state before productionAWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Description: Complete CloudWatch monitoring setup
Parameters:
Environment:
Type: String
Default: prod
AllowedValues: [dev, staging, prod]
Resources:
# SNS Topic for notifications
AlarmTopic:
Type: AWS::SNS::Topic
Properties:
DisplayName: !Sub "${Environment}-alarms"
# Alarm for high CPU
CpuAlarm:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
Properties:
AlarmName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-cpu-high"
MetricName: CPUUtilization
Namespace: AWS/EC2
Statistic: Average
Period: 300
EvaluationPeriods: 2
Threshold: 80
ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
AlarmActions:
- !Ref AlarmTopic
# Dashboard
Dashboard:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Dashboard
Properties:
DashboardName: !Ref AWS::StackName
DashboardBody: !Sub |
{
"widgets": [{
"type": "metric",
"properties": {
"metrics": [["AWS/EC2", "CPUUtilization"]],
"period": 300,
"stat": "Average"
}
}]
}
Resources:
AppLogGroup:
Type: AWS::Logs::LogGroup
Properties:
LogGroupName: !Sub "/app/${Environment}"
RetentionInDays: 30
ErrorMetricFilter:
Type: AWS::Logs::MetricFilter
Properties:
LogGroupName: !Ref AppLogGroup
FilterPattern: '"ERROR"'
MetricTransformations:
- MetricValue: "1"
MetricNamespace: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}/App"
MetricName: ErrorCount
ErrorAlarm:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
Properties:
AlarmName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-errors"
MetricName: ErrorCount
MetricNamespace: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}/App"
Statistic: Sum
Period: 300
EvaluationPeriods: 1
Threshold: 1
ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold
name: aws-cloudformation-cloudwatch description: Provides AWS CloudFormation patterns for CloudWatch monitoring, metrics, alarms, dashboards, logs, and observability. Use when creating CloudWatch metrics, alarms, dashboards, log groups, log subscriptions, anomaly detection, synthesized canaries, Application Signals, and implementing template structure with Parameters, Outputs, Mappings, Conditions, cross-stack references, and CloudWatch best practices for monitoring production infrastructure. allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash
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name: aws-cloudformation-cloudwatch
description: Provides AWS CloudFormation patterns for CloudWatch monitoring, metrics, alarms, dashboards, logs, and observability. Use when creating CloudWatch metrics, alarms, dashboards, log groups, log subscriptions, anomaly detection, synthesized canaries, Application Signals, and implementing template structure with Parameters, Outputs, Mappings, Conditions, cross-stack references, and CloudWatch best practices for monitoring production infrastructure.
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# AWS CloudFormation CloudWatch Monitoring
## Overview
Creates CloudWatch monitoring infrastructure using CloudFormation templates: metrics, alarms, dashboards, log groups, anomaly detection, synthesized canaries, and Application Signals.
## When to Use
- Creating CloudWatch metrics and alarms for production infrastructure
- Building CloudWatch dashboards for multi-region visualization
- Implementing log groups with retention, encryption, and metric filters
- Configuring anomaly detection and composite alarms
- Setting up cross-stack references with Parameters and Outputs
- Validating and deploying monitoring stacks with CloudFormation
## Instructions
Follow these steps to create CloudWatch monitoring infrastructure with CloudFormation:
### 1. Define Alarm Parameters
Specify metric namespaces, dimensions, and threshold values:
```yaml
Parameters:
ErrorRateThreshold:
Type: Number
Default: 5
Description: Error rate threshold for alarms (percentage)
LatencyThreshold:
Type: Number
Default: 1000
Description: Latency threshold in milliseconds
CpuUtilizationThreshold:
Type: Number
Default: 80
Description: CPU utilization threshold (percentage)
LogRetentionDays:
Type: Number
Default: 30
AllowedValues:
- 1
- 3
- 7
- 14
- 30
- 60
- 90
- 120
- 365
Description: Number of days to retain log events
```
### 2. Create CloudWatch Alarms
Set up alarms for CPU, memory, disk, and custom metrics:
```yaml
Resources:
HighCpuAlarm:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
Properties:
AlarmName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-high-cpu"
AlarmDescription: Trigger when CPU utilization exceeds threshold
MetricName: CPUUtilization
Namespace: AWS/EC2
Dimensions:
- Name: InstanceId
Value: !Ref InstanceId
Statistic: Average
Period: 60
EvaluationPeriods: 3
Threshold: !Ref CpuUtilizationThreshold
ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
AlarmActions:
- !Ref AlarmTopic
ErrorRateAlarm:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
Properties:
AlarmName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-error-rate"
MetricName: ErrorRate
Namespace: !Ref CustomNamespace
Dimensions:
- Name: Service
Value: !Ref ServiceName
Statistic: Average
Period: 60
EvaluationPeriods: 5
Threshold: !Ref ErrorRateThreshold
ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
```
### 3. Configure Alarm Actions
Define SNS topics for notification delivery:
```yaml
Resources:
AlarmNotificationTopic:
Type: AWS::SNS::Topic
Properties:
DisplayName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-alarms"
TopicName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-alarms"
AlarmTopicPolicy:
Type: AWS::SNS::TopicPolicy
Properties:
PolicyDocument:
Statement:
- Effect: Allow
Principal:
Service: cloudwatch.amazonaws.com
Action: sns:Publish
Resource: !Ref AlarmNotificationTopic
Topics:
- !Ref AlarmNotificationTopic
```
### 4. Create Dashboards
Build visualization widgets for metrics across resources:
```yaml
Resources:
MonitoringDashboard:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Dashboard
Properties:
DashboardName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-dashboard"
DashboardBody: !Sub |
{
"widgets": [
{
"type": "metric",
"x": 0,
"y": 0,
"width": 12,
"height": 6,
"properties": {
"title": "CPU Utilization",
"metrics": [["AWS/EC2", "CPUUtilization", "InstanceId", "${InstanceId}"]],
"period": 300,
"stat": "Average",
"region": "${AWS::Region}"
}
}
]
}
```
### 5. Set Up Log Groups
Configure retention policies and encryption settings:
```yaml
Resources:
ApplicationLogGroup:
Type: AWS::Logs::LogGroup
Properties:
LogGroupName: !Sub "/aws/applications/${Environment}/${ApplicationName}"
RetentionInDays: !Ref LogRetentionDays
KmsKeyId: !Ref LogEncryptionKey
```
### 6. Implement Metric Filters
Create metrics from log data:
```yaml
Resources:
ErrorMetricFilter:
Type: AWS::Logs::MetricFilter
Properties:
LogGroupName: !Ref ApplicationLogGroup
FilterPattern: '[level="ERROR", msg]'
MetricTransformations:
- MetricValue: "1"
MetricNamespace: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}/Application"
MetricName: ErrorCount
```
### 7. Add Composite Alarms
Build multi-condition alarm logic:
```yaml
Resources:
SystemHealthComposite:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::CompositeAlarm
Properties:
AlarmName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-system-health"
AlarmRule: !Or
- !Ref HighCpuAlarm
- !Ref ErrorRateAlarm
AlarmActions:
- !Ref AlarmTopic
```
### 8. Configure Log Insights Queries
Create saved queries for log analysis:
```yaml
Resources:
ErrorAnalysisQuery:
Type: AWS::Logs::QueryDefinition
Properties:
Name: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-errors"
LogGroupNames:
- !Ref ApplicationLogGroup
QueryString: |
fields @timestamp, @message
| filter @message like /ERROR/
| sort @timestamp desc
| limit 100
```
### 9. Validate Template
Before deploying, validate the CloudFormation template:
```bash
aws cloudformation validate-template --template-body file://template.yaml
```
For parameterized templates, test with sample values:
```bash
aws cloudformation validate-template \
--template-body file://monitoring.yaml \
--capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM
```
### 10. Deploy and Verify
Deploy the stack and verify resources:
```bash
# Deploy stack
aws cloudformation create-stack \
--stack-name my-monitoring-stack \
--template-body file://monitoring.yaml \
--parameters file://parameters.json \
--capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM
# Wait for completion
aws cloudformation wait stack-create-complete \
--stack-name my-monitoring-stack
# Verify alarms are in OK state
aws cloudwatch describe-alarms --stack-name my-monitoring-stack
# Check dashboard accessibility
aws cloudwatch get-dashboard --dashboard-name my-monitoring-stack-dashboard
```
Test alarm actions before production:
```bash
# Set alarm to testing state
aws cloudwatch set-alarm-state \
--alarm-name my-alarm \
--state-value ALARM \
--state-reason "Testing alarm action"
```
## Best Practices
- Use composite alarms to reduce noise and avoid false positives
- Set meaningful thresholds based on baseline metrics
- Configure appropriate evaluation periods (3-5 datapoints)
- Enable anomaly detection for metrics with variable patterns
- Use metric math for derived metrics (error rates, latency percentiles)
- Set appropriate log retention based on compliance needs
- Encrypt log groups with sensitive data using KMS
- Test alarm actions with `set-alarm-state` before production
## Examples
### Example 1: Complete Monitoring Stack
```yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Description: Complete CloudWatch monitoring setup
Parameters:
Environment:
Type: String
Default: prod
AllowedValues: [dev, staging, prod]
Resources:
# SNS Topic for notifications
AlarmTopic:
Type: AWS::SNS::Topic
Properties:
DisplayName: !Sub "${Environment}-alarms"
# Alarm for high CPU
CpuAlarm:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
Properties:
AlarmName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-cpu-high"
MetricName: CPUUtilization
Namespace: AWS/EC2
Statistic: Average
Period: 300
EvaluationPeriods: 2
Threshold: 80
ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
AlarmActions:
- !Ref AlarmTopic
# Dashboard
Dashboard:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Dashboard
Properties:
DashboardName: !Ref AWS::StackName
DashboardBody: !Sub |
{
"widgets": [{
"type": "metric",
"properties": {
"metrics": [["AWS/EC2", "CPUUtilization"]],
"period": 300,
"stat": "Average"
}
}]
}
```
### Example 2: Log-Based Metrics with Filters
```yaml
Resources:
AppLogGroup:
Type: AWS::Logs::LogGroup
Properties:
LogGroupName: !Sub "/app/${Environment}"
RetentionInDays: 30
ErrorMetricFilter:
Type: AWS::Logs::MetricFilter
Properties:
LogGroupName: !Ref AppLogGroup
FilterPattern: '"ERROR"'
MetricTransformations:
- MetricValue: "1"
MetricNamespace: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}/App"
MetricName: ErrorCount
ErrorAlarm:
Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
Properties:
AlarmName: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}-errors"
MetricName: ErrorCount
MetricNamespace: !Sub "${AWS::StackName}/App"
Statistic: Sum
Period: 300
EvaluationPeriods: 1
Threshold: 1
ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold
```
## Constraints and Warnings
### Resource Limits
- Maximum 5000 alarms per account
- Maximum 50 metric filters per log group
- Dashboard body limited to 512KB
- Maximum 200 metrics per alarm expression
### Security Considerations
- Enable encryption on log groups containing sensitive data
- Use IAM policies to restrict alarm action permissions
- Avoid hardcoding thresholds in templates; use Parameters
- Protect SNS topics with encryption and access policies
### Operational Warnings
- High-resolution alarms (10s/30s) incur higher costs
- Missing data treatment affects alarm state; configure explicitly
- Composite alarms can mask individual alarm states
- Metric filters are immutable after creation; recreate to change
### Cost Optimization
- Use standard resolution (5-minute period) unless necessary
- Set appropriate retention periods (shorter = cheaper)
- Delete unused dashboards and custom metrics
- Monitor CloudWatch charges with budgets and alerts
### Monitoring Strategy
- Use composite alarms to reduce alarm noise
- Configure appropriate evaluation periods to avoid false positives
- Set up anomaly detection for metrics with variable patterns
- Use metric math for derived metrics (error rates, averages)
- Implement high-resolution alarms for critical metrics
- Create separate dashboards for different audiences (ops, dev, management)
### Log Management
- Use appropriate retention periods based on compliance requirements
- Encrypt log groups containing sensitive data
- Implement metric filters for critical log patterns
- Set up cross-account log aggregation for centralized analysis
- Use CloudWatch Logs Insights for troubleshooting
- Configure log subscriptions to Lambda/Kinesis for real-time processing
### Alarm Configuration
- Set meaningful thresholds based on baseline metrics
- Use datapoints-to-alarm for reliability
- Configure OK actions to reset notifications
- Treat missing data appropriately (breaching, not breaching, ignore)
- Test alarm actions regularly
- Document alarm runbooks and escalation procedures
### Template Structure
- Use AWS-specific parameter types for resources
- Implement parameter constraints for validation
- Use Conditions for environment-specific configuration
- Leverage Mappings for region-specific settings
- Apply Metadata for parameter grouping
- Use nested stacks for large monitoring setups
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