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Default AWS metrics

The table below lists all AWS metrics that Dynatrace collects by default when you enable AWS monitoring.

Note: Almost all of these metrics consume DDUs, as indicated in the Consumption column.

For all other metrics collected by Dynatrace per configurable AWS service, see the cloud services pages.

Metric keyNameUnitAggregationsMonitoring consumption
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.connections.active

ALB number of active connections

CountautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.connections.new

ALB number of new connections

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.alb.http4xx

ALB number of 4XX errors

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.alb.http5xx

ALB number of 5XX errors

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.target.http4xx

ALB number of 4XX target errors

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.target.http5xx

ALB number of 5XX target errors

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.rejCon

ALB number of rejected connections

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.targConn

ALB number of target connection errors

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.errors.tlsNeg

ALB number of client TLS negotiation errors

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.bytes

ALB number of processed bytes

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.lcus

ALB number of consumed LCUs

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.requests

ALB number of requests

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.alb.respTime

ALB target response time

SecondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.asg.running

Number of running EC2 instances (ASG)

CountautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.asg.stopped

Number of stopped EC2 instances (ASG)

CountautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.asg.terminated

Number of terminated EC2 instances (ASG)

CountautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.az.running

Number of running EC2 instances (AZ)

CountautoavgmaxminHost units
builtin:cloud.aws.az.stopped

Number of stopped EC2 instances (AZ)

CountautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.az.terminated

Number of terminated EC2 instances (AZ)

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

DynamoDB read capacity units

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

DynamoDB write capacity units

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

DynamoDB provisioned read capacity units

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

DynamoDB provisioned write capacity units

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

DynamoDB read capacity units %

Percent (%)autoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.capacityUnits.write

DynamoDB write capacity units %

Percent (%)autoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.errors.system

DynamoDB number of requests with HTTP 500 status code

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.errors.user

DynamoDB number of requests with HTTP 400 status code

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.requests.latency

DynamoDB number of successful request latency for operation

MillisecondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.requests.returnedItems

DynamoDB number of items returned by operation

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.requests.throttled

DynamoDB number of throttled requests for operation

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.throttledEvents.read

DynamoDB number of read throttled events

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.throttledEvents.write

DynamoDB number of write throttled events

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.dynamo.tables

Number of tables for AvailabilityZone

CountautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.latency.read

EBS volume read latency

SecondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.latency.write

EBS volume write latency

SecondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.ops.consumed

EBS volume consumed OPS

Per secondautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.ops.read

EBS volume read OPS

Per secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.ops.write

EBS volume write OPS

Per secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.throughput.percent

EBS volume throughput %

Percent (%)autoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.throughput.read

EBS volume read throughput

Per secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.throughput.write

EBS volume write throughput

Per secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.idleTime

EBS volume idle time %

Percent (%)autoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ebs.queue

EBS volume queue length

CountautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ec2.cpu.usage

EC2 CPU usage %

Percent (%)autoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ec2.disk.readOps

EC2 instance storage read IOPS

Per secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ec2.disk.readRate

EC2 instance storage read rate

kB/sautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ec2.disk.writeOps

EC2 instance storage write IOPS

Per secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ec2.disk.writeRate

EC2 instance storage write rate

kB/sautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ec2.net.rx

EC2 network data received rate

Byte/secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.ec2.net.tx

EC2 network data transmitted rate

Byte/secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.elb.errors.backend.connection

CLB backend connection errors

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.elb.errors.backend.http2xx

CLB number of backend 2XX errors

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.elb.errors.backend.http3xx

CLB number of backend 3XX errors

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.elb.errors.backend.http4xx

CLB number of backend 4XX errors

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.elb.errors.backend.http5xx

CLB number of backend 5XX errors

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.elb.errors.elb.http4xx

CLB number of 4XX errors

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.elb.errors.elb.http5xx

CLB number of 5XX errors

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.elb.errors.frontend

CLB frontend errors percentage

Percent (%)autoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.elb.hosts.healthy

CLB number of healthy hosts

CountautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.elb.hosts.unhealthy

CLB number of unhealthy hosts

CountautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.elb.latency

CLB latency

SecondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.elb.reqCompl

CLB number of completed requests

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.concExecutions

LambdaFunction concurrent executions count

CountautoavgcountmaxminsumDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.duration

LambdaFunction code execution time.

MillisecondautoavgcountmaxminsumDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.errors

LambdaFunction number of failed invocations with HTTP 4XX status code

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.errorsRate

LambdaFunction rate of failed invocations to all invocations %

Percent (%)autoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.invocations

LambdaFunction number of times a function is invoked

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.provConcExecutions

LambdaFunction provisioned concurrent executions count

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.provConcInvocations

LambdaFunction provisioned concurrency invocation count

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.provConcSpilloverInvocations

LambdaFunction provisioned concurrency spillover invocation count

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.lambda.throttlers

LambdaFunction throttled function invocation count

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.flow.active

NLB number of active flows

CountautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.flow.new

NLB number of new flows

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.tcp.reset.client

NLB number of client resets

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.tcp.reset.elb

NLB number of resets

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.tcp.reset.target

NLB number of target resets

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.bytes

NLB number of processed bytes

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.nlb.lcus

NLB number of consumed LCUs

CountautovalueDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.cpu.usage

RDS CPU usage %

Percent (%)autoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.latency.read

RDS read latency

SecondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.latency.write

RDS write latency

SecondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.memory.freeable

RDS freeable memory

ByteautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.memory.swap

RDS swap usage

ByteautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.net.rx

RDS network received throughput

Byte/secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.net.tx

RDS network transmitted throughput

Byte/secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.ops.read

RDS read IOPS

Per secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.ops.write

RDS write IOPS

Per secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.throughput.read

RDS read throughput

Byte/secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.throughput.write

RDS write throughput

Byte/secondautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.connections

RDS connections

CountautoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.free

RDS free storage space %

Percent (%)autoavgmaxminDDUs
builtin:cloud.aws.rds.restarts

RDS restarts

CountautovalueDDUs