Migrate from AWS classic (formerly "built-in") services to cloud services

How-to guide
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From the AWS overview page, you can access Dynatrace classic services and cloud services for AWS monitoring. Both types of services share the same AWS resources. However, classic services use a predefined set of metrics, so configuring which metrics to monitor, or determining which ones are already monitored, is not supported.

Classic services vs cloud services

As previously mentioned, classic services and cloud services share the same AWS resources. However, cloud services support a wider range of configuration options, such as new metrics and customizable monitored metrics. To give you more customization options, we’ve started the following:

Adding more services to the Cloud services section so you can customize which metrics you want to monitor.
Adding more metrics for cloud services; not only are they configurable, but you can now monitor much more than before.
Replacing the classic services with cloud services that have more configuration options regarding metrics.

If you're using classic services, we recommend migrating to cloud services to take advantage of the wider range of customizable configuration options.

AWS Lambda

If you're using OneAgent integration for your Lambdas, we recommend Lambda migration. Since the release of Dynatrace version 1.283, we show data for the new Lambda service together with OneAgent data on the Lambda service page.

Impact of the migration

Even though classic and cloud services monitor the same AWS resources on Dynatrace side, they are monitored as two different entities.

They have different entity IDs and metric keys.
Due to their different implementations, they may detect different numbers of instances. Cloud services show only instances with metrics.
Data for each Dynatrace entity type is collected and stored separately.
Breaking change You need to adapt the configuration of dashboards, alerts, and management zones based on entity ID or metric keys with the monitored service type.

You currently have the option to choose from a classic or cloud service to preserve historical data, but be aware of the following:

Historical data is persisted on the classic services. If you switch back, monitored data will present gaps for the period in which the resources were monitored via the cloud service.
You can’t have both of them turned on simultaneously. Even though on the Dynatrace side they’re two different services, the legacy and new versions monitor the same AWS resource. If you had two versions switched on simultaneously, you would be charged double for polling the same data twice.
If you turn on the new version, the classic version is turned off automatically, and vice versa.
There is no direct link between
- Entities containing historical and new data.
- Cloud service data and data coming from OneAgent for opaque Amazon RDS—not linked to the new cloud service page with CloudWatch metrics.
Logs from Amazon Data Firehose to Amazon RDS are still being linked to the historical data and entity RELATIONAL_DATABASE_SERVICE.
Events or problems that would have been auto-detected on the historical (classic) data might not be automatically raised. Alerting rules are not provided for these cloud services:
- Amazon RDS
- Amazon EBS
- AWS Lambda—predefined metric event configuration is provided but needs to be manually enabled.

To monitor cloud services, you need to have Environment ActiveGate configured.

Changes in the UI

Your AWS overview page changes after configuring a new version of a service.

For example, let’s have a look at Amazon EBS.

If the legacy Amazon EBS (classic) service is configured, this is what the EBS volumes section of the AWS overview looks like.
If the Amazon EBS cloud service is configured, this is what the EBS volumes section of the AWS overview looks like.
Select Cloud services to find new overview pages for the services.
Additionally, you can configure metrics for cloud services via the web UI.

Cloud services and their corresponding classic services

new Cloud service

old Classic service

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling (classic)

Amazon DynamoDB

Amazon DynamoDB (classic)

Metrics migration

Below you can find tables with classic services metrics and their corresponding cloud services metrics. Empty cells indicate the lack of an identical corresponding metric.

The ext: prefix is used by metrics from OneAgent extensions and ActiveGate extensions, and also by classic metrics for AWS integration.

Despite the naming similarities, AWS integration metrics are not based on extensions.

Amazon Auto scaling group

Classic service metric name

Classic service metric key

Cloud service metric name

Cloud service metric key

Number of running EC2 instances (ASG)

builtin:cloud.aws.asg.running

Number of stopped EC2 instances (ASG)

builtin:cloud.aws.asg.stopped

Number of terminated EC2 instances (ASG)

builtin:cloud.aws.asg.terminated

Amazon DynamoDB

Classic service metric name

Classic service metric key

Cloud service metric name

Cloud service metric key

DynamoDB read capacity units

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.capacityUnits.consumed.read

ConsumedReadCapacityUnits Sum

ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.consumedReadCapacityUnitsSum
ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.consumedReadCapacityUnitsByGlobalSecondaryIndexName

DynamoDB write capacity units

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.capacityUnits.consumed.write

ConsumedWriteCapacityUnits Sum

ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.consumedWriteCapacityUnitsSum
ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.consumedWriteCapacityUnitsSumByGlobalSecondaryIndexName

DynamoDB provisioned read capacity units

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.capacityUnits.provisioned.read

ProvisionedReadCapacityUnits Sum

ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.provisionedReadCapacityUnitsSum
ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.provisionedReadCapacityUnitsSumByGlobalSecondaryIndexName

DynamoDB provisioned write capacity units

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.capacityUnits.provisioned.write

ProvisionedWriteCapacityUnits Sum

ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.provisionedWriteCapacityUnitsSum
ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.provisionedWriteCapacityUnitsSumByGlobalSecondaryIndexName

DynamoDB read capacity units %

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.capacityUnits.read

calculated

100 * ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.consumedReadCapacityUnitsSum / ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.provisionedReadCapacityUnitsSum

DynamoDB write capacity units %

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.capacityUnits.write

calculated

100 * ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.consumedWriteCapacityUnitsSum / ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.provisionedWriteCapacityUnitsSum

DynamoDB number of requests with HTTP 500 status code

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.errors.system

SystemErrors Sum (by Operation)

ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.SystemErrorsSumByOperation

DynamoDB number of requests with HTTP 400 status code

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.errors.user

UserErrors Sum (by Region)

ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.UserErrorsSum

DynamoDB number of successful request latency for operation

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.requests.latency

SuccessfulRequestLatency (by Operation)

ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.successfulRequestLatencyByOperation

DynamoDB number of items returned by operation

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.requests.returnedItems

ReturnedItemCount Sum (by Operation)

ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.returnedItemCountSumByOperation

DynamoDB number of throttled requests for operation

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.requests.throttled

ThrottledRequests Sum (by Operation)

ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.ThrottledRequestsSumByOperation

DynamoDB number of read throttled events

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.throttledEvents.read

ReadThrottleEvents Sum

ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.ReadThrottleEventsSum
ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.ReadThrottleEventsSumByGlobalSecondaryIndexName

DynamoDB number of write throttled events

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.throttledEvents.write

WriteThrottleEvents Sum

ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.WriteThrottleEventsSum
ext:cloud.aws.dynamodb.WriteThrottleEventsSumByGlobalSecondaryIndexName

Number of tables for AvailabilityZone

builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.tables

Amazon EBS

Classic service metric name

Classic service metric key

Cloud service metric name

Cloud service metric key

EBS volume read latency

builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.latency.read

EBS volume write latency

builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.latency.write

EBS volume consumed OPS

builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.ops.consumed

VolumeConsumedReadWriteOps Sum

ext:cloud.aws.ebs.volumeConsumedReadWriteOps

EBS volume read OPS

builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.ops.read

VolumeReadOps Sum

ext:cloud.aws.ebs.volumeReadOpsSum

EBS volume write OPS

builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.ops.write

VolumeWriteOps Sum

ext:cloud.aws.ebs.volumeWriteOpsSum

EBS volume throughput %

builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.throughput.percent

VolumeThroughputPercentage

ext:cloud.aws.ebs.volumeThroughputPercentage

EBS volume read throughput

builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.throughput.read

calculated

ext:cloud.aws.ebs.volumeReadBytes / ext:cloud.aws.ebs.volumeTotalReadTime

EBS volume write throughput

builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.throughput.write

calculated

ext:cloud.aws.ebs.volumeWriteBytes / ext:cloud.aws.ebs.volumeTotalWriteTime

EBS volume idle time %

builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.idleTime

EBS volume queue length

builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.queue

VolumeQueueLength Sum

ext:cloud.aws.ebs.volumeQueueLengthSum

AWS Lambda

Classic service metric name

Classic service metric key

Cloud service metric name

Cloud service metric key

LambdaFunction concurrent executions count

builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.concExecutions

ConcurrentExecutions Sum

ext:cloud.aws.lambda.concurrentExecutionsSum
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.concurrentExecutionsSumByResource
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.concurrentExecutionsSumByRegion

LambdaFunction code execution time.

builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.duration

Duration

ext:cloud.aws.lambda.duration
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.durationByResource
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.durationByRegion

LambdaFunction number of failed invocations with HTTP 4XX status code

builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.errors

Errors Sum

ext:cloud.aws.lambda.errorsSum
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.errorsSumByResource
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.errorsSumByRegion

LambdaFunction rate of failed invocations to all invocations %

builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.errorsRate

calculated

100 * ext:cloud.aws.lambda.errorsSum / ext:cloud.aws.lambda.invocationsSum

LambdaFunction number of times a function is invoked

builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.invocations

Invocations Sum

ext:cloud.aws.lambda.invocationsSum
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.invocationsSumByResource
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.invocationsSumByRegion

LambdaFunction provisioned concurrent executions count

builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.provConcExecutions

ProvisionedConcurrentExecutions Sum

ext:cloud.aws.lambda.provisionedConcurrentExecutionsSum
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.provisionedConcurrentExecutionsSumByResource
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.provisionedConcurrentExecutionsSumByRegion

LambdaFunction provisioned concurrency invocation count

builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.provConcInvocations

ProvisionedConcurrencyInvocations Sum

ext:cloud.aws.lambda.provisionedConcurrencyInvocationsSum
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.provisionedConcurrencyInvocationsSumByResource
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.provisionedConcurrencyInvocationsSumByRegion

LambdaFunction provisioned concurrency spillover invocation count

builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.provConcSpilloverInvocations

ProvisionedConcurrencySpilloverInvocations Sum

ext:cloud.aws.lambda.provisionedConcurrencySpilloverInvocationsSum
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.provisionedConcurrencySpilloverInvocationsSumByResource
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.provisionedConcurrencySpilloverInvocationsSumByRegion

LambdaFunction throttled function invocation count

builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.throttlers

Throttles Sum

ext:cloud.aws.lambda.throttlesSum
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.throttlesSumByResource
ext:cloud.aws.lambda.throttlesSumByRegion

Amazon RDS

Classic service metric name

Classic service metric key

Cloud service metric name

Cloud service metric key

RDS CPU usage %

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.cpu.usage

CPUUtilization

ext:cloud.aws.rds.cpuUtilization
ext:cloud.aws.rds.cpuUtilizationByRegionDatabaseClass
ext:cloud.aws.rds.cpuUtilizationByRegionDBClusterIdentifier
ext:cloud.aws.rds.cpuUtilizationByRegion
ext:cloud.aws.rds.cpuUtilizationByRegionEngineName
ext:cloud.aws.rds.cpuUtilizationByRegionDBClusterIdentifierRole

RDS read latency

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.latency.read

ReadLatency

ext:cloud.aws.rds.readLatency
ext:cloud.aws.rds.readLatencyByRegionDatabaseClass
ext:cloud.aws.rds.readLatencyByRegionDBClusterIdentifier
ext:cloud.aws.rds.readLatencyByRegion
ext:cloud.aws.rds.readLatencyByRegionEngineName
ext:cloud.aws.rds.readLatencyByRegionDBClusterIdentifierRole

RDS write latency

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.latency.write

WriteLatency

ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeLatency
ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeLatencyByRegionDatabaseClass
ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeLatencyByRegionDBClusterIdentifier
ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeLatencyByRegion
ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeLatencyByRegionEngineName
ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeLatencyByRegionDBClusterIdentifierRole

RDS freeable memory

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.memory.freeable

FreeableMemory

ext:cloud.aws.rds.freeableMemory
ext:cloud.aws.rds.freeableMemoryByRegionDatabaseClass
ext:cloud.aws.rds.freeableMemoryByRegionDBClusterIdentifier
ext:cloud.aws.rds.freeableMemoryByRegion
ext:cloud.aws.rds.freeableMemoryByRegionEngineName
ext:cloud.aws.rds.freeableMemoryByRegionDBClusterIdentifierRole

RDS swap usage

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.memory.swap

SwapUsage

ext:cloud.aws.rds.swapUsage
ext:cloud.aws.rds.swapUsageByRegionDatabaseClass
ext:cloud.aws.rds.swapUsageByRegionDBClusterIdentifier
ext:cloud.aws.rds.swapUsageByRegion
ext:cloud.aws.rds.swapUsageByRegionEngineName
ext:cloud.aws.rds.swapUsageByRegionDBClusterIdentifierRole

RDS network received throughput

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.net.rx

NetworkReceiveThroughput

ext:cloud.aws.rds.networkReceiveThroughput
ext:cloud.aws.rds.networkReceiveThroughputByRegionDatabaseClass
ext:cloud.aws.rds.networkReceiveThroughputByRegionDBClusterIdentifier
ext:cloud.aws.rds.networkReceiveThroughputByRegion
ext:cloud.aws.rds.networkReceiveThroughputByRegionEngineName
ext:cloud.aws.rds.networkReceiveThroughputByRegionDBClusterIdentifierRole

RDS network transmitted throughput

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.net.tx

NetworkTransmitThroughput

ext:cloud.aws.rds.networkTransmitThroughput
ext:cloud.aws.rds.networkTransmitThroughputByRegionDatabaseClass
ext:cloud.aws.rds.networkTransmitThroughputByRegionDBClusterIdentifier
ext:cloud.aws.rds.networkTransmitThroughputByRegion
ext:cloud.aws.rds.networkTransmitThroughputByRegionEngineName
ext:cloud.aws.rds.networkTransmitThroughputByRegionDBClusterIdentifierRole

RDS read IOPS

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.ops.read

ReadIOPS

ext:cloud.aws.rds.readIOPS
ext:cloud.aws.rds.readIOPSByRegionDatabaseClass
ext:cloud.aws.rds.readIOPSByRegion
ext:cloud.aws.rds.readIOPSByRegionEngineName

RDS write IOPS

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.ops.write

WriteIOPS

ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeIOPS
ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeIOPSByRegionDatabaseClass
ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeIOPSByRegion
ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeIOPSByRegionEngineName

RDS read throughput

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.throughput.read

ReadThroughput

ext:cloud.aws.rds.readThroughput
ext:cloud.aws.rds.readThroughputByRegionDatabaseClass
ext:cloud.aws.rds.readThroughputByRegion
ext:cloud.aws.rds.readThroughputByRegionEngineName

RDS write throughput

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.throughput.write

WriteThroughput

ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeThroughput
ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeThroughputByRegionDatabaseClass
ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeThroughputByRegion
ext:cloud.aws.rds.writeThroughputByRegionEngineName

RDS connections

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.connections

DatabaseConnections Sum

ext:cloud.aws.rds.databaseConnectionsSumByRegionDatabaseClass
ext:cloud.aws.rds.databaseConnectionsSumByRegionDBClusterIdentifier
ext:cloud.aws.rds.databaseConnectionsSumByRegion
ext:cloud.aws.rds.databaseConnectionsSumByRegionEngineName
ext:cloud.aws.rds.databaseConnectionsSumByRegionDBClusterIdentifierRole

RDS free storage space %

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.free

RDS restarts

builtin:cloud.aws.rds.restarts