Getting started with Internet Monitor using the console
To help you get started with Internet Monitor, this chapter provides the steps for creating and configuring a monitor. You create a monitor in Internet Monitor for your application by naming it, and then adding Amazon resources that your application uses.
You create a monitor in Internet Monitor for your application by adding Amazon resources that it uses, and then setting several configuration options. The resources that you add, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud VPCs, Network Load Balancers (NLBs), CloudFront distributions, or WorkSpaces directories, provide the information for Internet Monitor to map internet traffic information for your application. After you create your monitor, wait 15-30 minutes to generate the traffic profile specific to where your application is used.
Then, use the Internet Monitor dashboard, or other tools, to visualize and explore performance and availability about your client usage. These tools provide insights for you using your application traffic's measurements gathered for you by the monitor.
The steps here walk you through setting up your monitor by using the console. To see examples of using the Amazon Command Line Interface with the Internet Monitor API actions, to create a monitor, view events, and so on, see Examples of using the CLI with Internet Monitor.
Tasks
Step 1: Create a monitor
To create a monitor using the console
Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/
. In the left navigation pane, under Network Monitoring, choose Internet monitors.
Choose Create monitor.
For Monitor name, enter the name you want to use for this monitor in Internet Monitor.
Choose Add resources, and then select the resources to set the monitoring boundaries for Internet Monitor to use for this monitor.
Note
Be aware of the following:
To generate meaningful output with Internet Monitor, VPCs that you add must be connected to the internet by having an Internet Gateway configured.
You can add only one type of resource to a single monitor. For example, VPCs or CloudFront distributions or WorkSpaces directories, but not a combination of different types.
Leave the default percentage of traffic as 100%, or choose another percentage of your internet traffic to monitor.
Choose Create monitor.
Step 2: Configure the monitor
After you create a monitor, you can edit the monitor at any time, for example, to change the application traffic percentage, update the maximum city-networks limit or add or remove resources. To make updates in the Internet Monitor console, follow the procedure in this section. Note that you can’t change the name of a monitor.
For more information about configuring a monitor, see Edit a monitor in Internet Monitor.
To configure a monitor using the console
Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/
. In the left navigation pane, under Network Monitoring, choose Internet monitors.
Choose your monitor, and then choose the Action menu.
Choose Update monitor.
Make the desired updates. For example, to change the percentage of traffic to monitor, under Application traffic to monitor, select or enter a percentage.
Choose Update.
Step 3: View metrics and explore history
Visualize data about your internet traffic, from an overview perspective or by drilling down into details.
To visualize data and get insights for application traffic using the console
Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/
. In the left navigation pane, under Network Monitoring, choose Internet monitors.
Choose a monitor to work with.
Choose from the following tabs:
Overview — Review a general summary of your monitor and your application traffic performance.
Health events — View current and historical health events that currently impact, or previously impacted, locations where clients access your application.
Analyze — See information about top monitored traffic in client locations (by traffic volume), summarized in several customizable ways. Visualize metrics and historical trends for health scores and metrics.
In the next section, learn about how Internet Monitor provides suggestions for improving latency for your application traffic.
Step 4: Get suggestions to improve latency
Get suggestions for how to optimize latency, so that your clients experience the best internet performance for your application.
Internet Monitor evaluates your monitored application traffic, and then makes suggestion about whether you can reduce latency, for example, by changing the Amazon Web Services Regions that you've configured for your application.
For more information, see Get suggestions to optimize application performance in Internet Monitor (Optimize page).
To get suggestions for improving application latency using the console
Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/
. In the left navigation pane, under Network Monitoring, choose Internet monitors.
Choose a monitor to work with.
Choose Optimize, and then view the top suggestions.
Step 5 (Optional): Delete the monitor
If you created a monitor as a test or if you're no longer using a monitor, you can delete it. Before you can delete a monitor, you must disable it.
To delete a monitor
Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/
. In the left navigation pane, under Network Monitoring, choose Internet monitors.
Choose your monitor, and then choose the Action menu.
Choose Disable.
Choose the Action menu again, and then choose Delete.
Follow the guidance in the modal dialog to confirm deleting the monitor.