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App dynamics with Cloud Watch

CommunityUser
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Hi , 

I have application hosted on AWS

I do know that there is an Amzong monitoring tool called Cloud Watch.

What is the advantage of using AppD instead of Cloud Watch 

Regards,

Syed 

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CommunityUser
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

CloudWatch provides data and the API for infrastructure metrics from Amazon services, you also have a simple webapp to do basic analysis of those metrics. AppDynamics supports taking metrics from CloudWatch and baselining them the same way we baseline all of your transactions and metrics. The extension can be downloaded here : https://github.com/Appdynamics/aws-cloudwatch-monitoring-extension

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CommunityUser
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Using Java Version [1.8.0_25] for Agent
Using Agent Version [Machine Agent v4.1.4.3 GA Build Date 2015-09-25 11:57:36]
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (com.appdynamics.voltron.FrameworkBootstrap).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info.
[Machine Agent] Resolved install dir location :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent
Machine Agent Install Directory :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent
Machine Agent Temp Directory :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent/tmp
Tasks Root Directory :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent/controlchannel
Logger Configuration :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent/conf/logging/log4j.xml
Redirecting all logging statements to the configured logger
[Machine Agent] Resolved install dir location :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent
Started AppDynamics Machine Agent Successfully.
Using Java Version [1.8.0_25] for Agent
Using Agent Version [Machine Agent v4.1.4.3 GA Build Date 2015-09-25 11:57:36]
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (com.appdynamics.voltron.FrameworkBootstrap).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info.
[Machine Agent] Resolved install dir location :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent
Machine Agent Install Directory :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent
Machine Agent Temp Directory :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent/tmp
Tasks Root Directory :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent/controlchannel
Logger Configuration :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent/conf/logging/log4j.xml
Redirecting all logging statements to the configured logger
[Machine Agent] Resolved install dir location :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent
Started AppDynamics Machine Agent Successfully.
Using Monitor Version [CloudWatchMonitor v1.0.8 Build Date 2015-07-04 07:34:03]
Using Java Version [1.8.0_25] for Agent
Using Agent Version [Machine Agent v4.1.4.3 GA Build Date 2015-09-25 11:57:36]
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (com.appdynamics.voltron.FrameworkBootstrap).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info.
[Machine Agent] Resolved install dir location :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent
Machine Agent Install Directory :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent
Machine Agent Temp Directory :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent/tmp
Tasks Root Directory :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent/controlchannel
Logger Configuration :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent/conf/logging/log4j.xml
Redirecting all logging statements to the configured logger
[Machine Agent] Resolved install dir location :/prod/msp/domains/cai_domains/AppDynamic/MachineAgent
Started AppDynamics Machine Agent Successfully.
Using Monitor Version [CloudWatchMonitor v1.0.8 Build Date 2015-07-04 07:34:03]

it has started but where in Appdynamics ui do i see the metrics of cloud watch

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