Amazon Application and Network Load Balancer (built-in) monitoring

Dynatrace ingests metrics for multiple preselected namespaces, including Amazon Application and Network Load Balancer. You can view metrics for each service instance, split metrics into multiple dimensions, and create custom charts that you can pin to your dashboards.

Prerequisites

To enable monitoring for this service, you need:

Any version of ActiveGate in both Dynatrace SaaS and Managed deployments.

For role-based access (whether in a SaaS or Managed deployment), you need an ActiveGate installed on an Amazon EC2 host.
An updated AWS monitoring policy to include the additional AWS services.
To update the AWS IAM policy, use the JSON below, containing the monitoring policy (permissions) for all cloud services.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "acm-pca:ListCertificateAuthorities",
        "apigateway:GET",
        "apprunner:ListServices",
        "appstream:DescribeFleets",
        "appsync:ListGraphqlApis",
        "athena:ListWorkGroups",
        "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",
        "cloudformation:ListStackResources",
        "cloudfront:ListDistributions",
        "cloudhsm:DescribeClusters",
        "cloudsearch:DescribeDomains",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
        "cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
        "codebuild:ListProjects",
        "datasync:ListTasks",
        "dax:DescribeClusters",
        "directconnect:DescribeConnections",
        "dms:DescribeReplicationInstances",
        "dynamodb:ListTables",
        "dynamodb:ListTagsOfResource",
        "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeNatGateways",
        "ec2:DescribeSpotFleetRequests",
        "ec2:DescribeTransitGateways",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
        "ec2:DescribeVpnConnections",
        "ecs:ListClusters",
        "eks:ListClusters",
        "elasticache:DescribeCacheClusters",
        "elasticbeanstalk:DescribeEnvironmentResources",
        "elasticbeanstalk:DescribeEnvironments",
        "elasticfilesystem:DescribeFileSystems",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeInstanceHealth",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeListeners",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeRules",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTags",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetHealth",
        "elasticmapreduce:ListClusters",
        "elastictranscoder:ListPipelines",
        "es:ListDomainNames",
        "events:ListEventBuses",
        "firehose:ListDeliveryStreams",
        "fsx:DescribeFileSystems",
        "gamelift:ListFleets",
        "glue:GetJobs",
        "inspector:ListAssessmentTemplates",
        "kafka:ListClusters",
        "kinesis:ListStreams",
        "kinesisanalytics:ListApplications",
        "kinesisvideo:ListStreams",
        "lambda:ListFunctions",
        "lambda:ListTags",
        "lex:GetBots",
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
        "mediaconnect:ListFlows",
        "mediaconvert:DescribeEndpoints",
        "mediapackage-vod:ListPackagingConfigurations",
        "mediapackage:ListChannels",
        "mediatailor:ListPlaybackConfigurations",
        "opsworks:DescribeStacks",
        "qldb:ListLedgers",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:DescribeEvents",
        "rds:ListTagsForResource",
        "redshift:DescribeClusters",
        "robomaker:ListSimulationJobs",
        "route53:ListHostedZones",
        "route53resolver:ListResolverEndpoints",
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
        "sagemaker:ListEndpoints",
        "sns:ListTopics",
        "sqs:ListQueues",
        "storagegateway:ListGateways",
        "sts:GetCallerIdentity",
        "swf:ListDomains",
        "tag:GetResources",
        "tag:GetTagKeys",
        "transfer:ListServers",
        "workmail:ListOrganizations",
        "workspaces:DescribeWorkspaces"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

If you don't want to add permissions to all services, and just select permissions for certain services, consult the table below. The table contains a set of permissions that are required for All AWS cloud services and, for each cloud service, a list of optional permissions specific to that service.

Permissions required for AWS monitoring integration:

"cloudwatch:GetMetricData"
"cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics"
"cloudwatch:ListMetrics"
"sts:GetCallerIdentity"
"tag:GetResources"
"tag:GetTagKeys"
"ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones"

Name

Permissions

All monitored Amazon services required

cloudwatch:GetMetricData,
cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics,
cloudwatch:ListMetrics,
sts:GetCallerIdentity,
tag:GetResources,
tag:GetTagKeys,
ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones

AWS Certificate Manager Private Certificate Authority

acm-pca:ListCertificateAuthorities

Amazon MQ

Amazon API Gateway

apigateway:GET

AWS App Runner

apprunner:ListServices

Amazon AppStream

appstream:DescribeFleets

Example of JSON policy for one single service.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
          {
                  "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
                  "Effect": "Allow",
                  "Action": [
                          "apigateway:GET",
                          "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
                          "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
                          "cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
                          "sts:GetCallerIdentity",
                          "tag:GetResources",
                          "tag:GetTagKeys",
                          "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones"
                  ],
                  "Resource": "*"
          }
      ]
}

In this example, from the complete list of permissions you need to select

"apigateway:GET" for Amazon API Gateway
"cloudwatch:GetMetricData", "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics", "cloudwatch:ListMetrics", "sts:GetCallerIdentity", "tag:GetResources", "tag:GetTagKeys", and "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones" for All AWS cloud services.
To disable monitoring of built-in services, you need Environment ActiveGate version 1.245+ and Dynatrace version 1.247+.

Enable monitoring

To learn how to enable service monitoring, see Enable service monitoring.

View service metrics

You can view the service metrics in your Dynatrace environment either on the AWS account page or on your Dashboards page.

View metrics on the AWS account page

To view metrics on the AWS account page

Go to AWS or AWS Classic (latest Dynatrace).
Choose AWS account you want to check metrics for.
Select Service box. Metrics for the selected service are visible under the infographic in the service section.

View metrics on the Dashboard

You can also create your own dashboard. For more information on how to create dashboards, go to Create and edit Dynatrace dashboards

Built-in services specifics

This is a built-in service. It's monitored out-of-the-box once a new AWS integration instance is created. For built-in services, all metrics are recommended (changing configuration is not possible).

Example of an AWS built-in monitoring service

example of an AWS built-in monitoring service

Available metrics

LoadBalancer is the main dimension.

Application Load Balancer metrics

Metric key	Name	Unit	Aggregations	Monitoring consumption
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.connections.active	ALB number of active connections	Count	autoavgmaxmin	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.connections.new	ALB number of new connections	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.alb.http4xx	ALB number of 4XX errors	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.alb.http5xx	ALB number of 5XX errors	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.target.http4xx	ALB number of 4XX target errors	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.target.http5xx	ALB number of 5XX target errors	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.rejCon	ALB number of rejected connections	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.targConn	ALB number of target connection errors	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.tlsNeg	ALB number of client TLS negotiation errors	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.bytes	ALB number of processed bytes	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.lcus	ALB number of consumed LCUs	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.requests	ALB number of requests	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.respTime	ALB target response time	Second	autoavgmaxmin	DDUs

Network Load Balancer metrics

Metric key	Name	Unit	Aggregations	Monitoring consumption
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.flow.active	NLB number of active flows	Count	autoavgmaxmin	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.flow.new	NLB number of new flows	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.tcp.reset.client	NLB number of client resets	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.tcp.reset.elb	NLB number of resets	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.tcp.reset.target	NLB number of target resets	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.bytes	NLB number of processed bytes	Count	autovalue	DDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.lcus	NLB number of consumed LCUs	Count	autovalue	DDUs