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Amazon CloudWatch adds visual agent configuration to the EC2 console

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This article announces visual agent configuration for CloudWatch in the EC2 console, simplifying observability setup for EC2 instances without JSON editing.

  • Visual configuration editor for CloudWatch agent directly in EC2 console
  • Build agent configurations graphically for metrics, logs, and traces
  • Deploy configurations with a single click
  • Install agent or create tag-based policies for fleet-wide management
  • View agent status and troubleshoot health from instance detail page
  • Automated policies apply monitoring to new auto-scaled instances
  • Available in all AWS Commercial Regions at no additional cost

CloudWatch agent management is now more accessible, enabling easier observability configuration directly from the EC2 console without manual JSON editing.



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