AWS Elemental MediaConnect

Dynatrace ingests metrics for multiple preselected namespaces, including AWS Elemental MediaConnect. 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

an Environment or Cluster ActiveGate version 1.197+
Dynatrace version 1.200+
An updated AWS monitoring policy to include the additional AWS services.
To update the AWS IAM policy, use the JSON below.

Predefined policy in JSON

Download

{
   "Version": "2012-10-17",
   "Statement": [
      {
         "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
         "Effect": "Allow",
         "Action": [
            "ec2:DescribeInstances",
            "support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorCheckResult",
            "athena:ListWorkGroups",
            "elasticbeanstalk:DescribeEnvironmentResources",
            "appsync:ListGraphqlApis",
            "kinesis:ListStreams",
            "elasticbeanstalk:DescribeEnvironments",
            "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
            "support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorCheckSummaries",
            "kinesisanalytics:ListApplications",
            "codebuild:ListProjects",
            "datasync:ListTasks",
            "mediaconnect:ListFlows",
            "cloudformation:ListStackResources",
            "mediatailor:ListPlaybackConfigurations",
            "support:SearchForCases",
            "lambda:ListFunctions",
            "support:DescribeCases",
            "chatbot:DescribeSlackChannels",
            "transfer:ListServers",
            "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
            "support:DescribeAttachment",
            "chatbot:DescribeSlackWorkspaces",
            "workmail:ListOrganizations",
            "firehose:ListDeliveryStreams",
            "eks:ListClusters",
            "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
            "swf:ListDomains",
            "support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorCheckRefreshStatuses",
            "tag:GetResources",
            "dynamodb:ListTables",
            "qldb:ListLedgers",
            "sns:ListTopics",
            "dynamodb:ListTagsOfResource",
            "dax:DescribeClusters",
            "support:DescribeTrustedAdvisorChecks",
            "cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
            "cloudhsm:DescribeClusters",
            "storagegateway:ListGateways",
            "ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
            "lambda:ListTags",
            "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
            "support:DescribeSeverityLevels",
            "cloudsearch:DescribeDomains",
            "rds:DescribeEvents",
            "dms:DescribeReplicationInstances",
            "route53:ListHostedZones",
            "events:ListEventBuses",
            "chatbot:DescribeChimeWebhookConfigurations",
            "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
            "es:ListDomainNames",
            "rds:ListTagsForResource",
            "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
            "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
            "opsworks:DescribeStacks",
            "kinesisvideo:ListStreams",
            "chatbot:DescribeSlackChannelConfigurations",
            "chatbot:GetSlackOauthParameters",
            "elastictranscoder:ListPipelines",
            "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers",
            "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",
            "support:DescribeSupportLevel",
            "support:DescribeCaseAttributes",
            "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeInstanceHealth",
            "apigateway:GET",
            "workspaces:DescribeWorkspaces",
            "support:DescribeServices",
            "support:DescribeCommunications",
            "support:DescribeIssueTypes",
            "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeRules",
            "elasticache:DescribeCacheClusters",
            "fsx:DescribeFileSystems",
            "kafka:ListClusters",
            "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
            "route53resolver:ListResolverEndpoints",
            "tag:GetTagKeys",
            "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
            "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeListeners",
            "elasticmapreduce:ListClusters",
            "appstream:DescribeFleets",
            "elasticfilesystem:DescribeFileSystems",
            "ecs:ListClusters",
            "sqs:ListQueues",
            "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
            "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTags",
            "mediaconvert:DescribeEndpoints",
            "ec2:DescribeNatGateways",
            "robomaker:ListSimulationJobs",
            "ec2:DescribeSpotFleetRequests",
            "mediapackage:ListChannels",
            "cloudfront:ListDistributions",
            "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeTargetHealth",
            "redshift:DescribeClusters",
            "mediapackage-vod:ListPackagingGroups",
            "mediapackage-vod:ListPackagingConfigurations",
            "sts:GetCallerIdentity",
            "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
            "directconnect:DescribeConnections"
         ],
         "Resource": "*"
      }
   ]
}

Add the service to monitoring

In order to view the service metrics, you must add the service to monitoring in your Dynatrace environment.

To add a service to monitoring

Go to Settings > Cloud and virtualization and select AWS.
On the AWS overview page, scroll down and select the desired AWS instance. Select the Edit button.
Scroll down and select Add service. Choose the service name from the drop-down and select Add service.
Select Save changes.

Configure service metrics

Once you add a service, Dynatrace starts automatically collecting a suite of metrics for this particular service. These are recommended metrics.

Recommended metrics:

Are enabled by default
Can't be disabled
Can have recommended dimensions (enabled by default, can't be disabled)
Can have optional dimensions (disabled by default, can be enabled)

Apart from the recommended metrics, most services have the possibility of enabling optional metrics.

Optional metrics:

Can be added and configured manually

To add and configure metrics

Go to Settings > Cloud and virtualization and select AWS.
On the AWS overview page, scroll down and select the desired AWS instance. Select the Edit button.
Scroll down to the Supporting services section and select Manage services.
To add a metric, select the service for which you want to add metrics.
Select Add metric.
From the menu, select the metric you want.
Select Add metric to add the metric to monitoring.
To configure a metric, select the Edit button associated to it.
Select Apply to save your configuration.

Import preset dashboards

Dynatrace provides preset AWS dashboards that you can import from GitHub to your environment's dashboard page. Once you download a preset dashboard locally, there are two ways to import it.

Import via Dynatrace web UI

On your Dynatrace dashboard page, select Edit and switch to Settings.
Select Advanced settings.
On the Dashboard settings menu, select Dashboard JSON.
Use Upload to choose and upload the dashboard JSON file that you want to import.

Import via Dynatrace API

Create an API token.
When creating the token, enable the Write configuration permission.
To import the dashboard, run the command below, replacing {DYNATRACE_HOST}, {DYNATRACE_TENANT}, {TOKEN}, and {PATH_TO_DASHBOARD} with your own values.

curl --location --request POST 'http://{DYNATRACE_HOST}/e/{DYNATRACE_TENANT}/api/config/v1/dashboards' \
--header 'Authorization: Api-Token {TOKEN}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-binary '{PATH_TO_DASHBOARD}'

For more information, see Dashboards API - POST a dashboard

mediaconnect

Available metrics

Name	Description	Unit	Statistics	Dimensions	Recommended
ARQRecovered	The number of dropped packets that were recovered by automatic repeat request (ARQ)	Count	Sum	FlowARN	✔️
ARQRecovered		Count	Sum	Region
ARQRecovered		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
ARQRequests	The number of retransmitted packets that were requested through automatic repeat request (ARQ) and received	Count	Sum	Region
ARQRequests		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
ARQRequests		Count	Sum	FlowARN	✔️
BitRate		Bits/Second	Multi	Region
BitRate		Bits/Second	Multi	Region, AvailabilityZone
BitRate		Bits/Second	Multi	FlowARN	✔️
CATError	The number of times that a conditional access table (CAT) error occurred. This error indicates that the CAT is not present.	Count	Sum	FlowARN
CATError		Count	Sum	Region
CATError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
CRCError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
CRCError		Count	Sum	Region
CRCError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
Connected	The status of the source. A value of one indicates that the source is connected and a value of zero indicates that the source is disconnected.	None	Multi	FlowARN
Connected		None	Sum	FlowARN
Connected		None	Multi	Region
Connected		None	Multi	Region, AvailabilityZone
Connected		None	Sum	Region
Connected		None	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
Connected		None	Count	Region
Connected		None	Count	Region, AvailabilityZone
ConnectedOutputs		Count	Sum	Region
ConnectedOutputs		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
ConnectedOutputs		Count	Sum	FlowARN
ContinuityCounter	The number of times that a continuity error occurred	Count	Sum	FlowARN
ContinuityCounter		Count	Sum	Region
ContinuityCounter		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
Disconnections	The number of times that the source status changed from connected to disconnected	Count	Sum	Region
Disconnections		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
Disconnections		Count	Sum	FlowARN
DroppedPackets	The number of packets that were lost during transit	Count	Sum	Region
DroppedPackets		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
DroppedPackets		Count	Sum	FlowARN	✔️
FECPackets	The number of packets that were transmitted using forward error correction (FEC) and received	Count	Sum	FlowARN	✔️
FECPackets		Count	Sum	Region
FECPackets		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
FECRecovered	The number of packets that were transmitted using forward error correction (FEC), lost during transit, and recovered	Count	Sum	FlowARN	✔️
FECRecovered		Count	Sum	Region
FECRecovered		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
NotRecoveredPackets	The number of packets that were lost during transit and were not recovered by error correction	Count	Sum	FlowARN	✔️
NotRecoveredPackets		Count	Sum	Region
NotRecoveredPackets		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
OutputConnected		None	Multi	Region, OutputARN
OutputConnected		None	Multi	FlowARN
OutputConnected		None	Multi	Region
OutputConnected		None	Multi	Region, AvailabilityZone
OutputDisconnections		Count	Sum	Region, OutputARN
OutputDisconnections		Count	Sum	FlowARN
OutputDisconnections		Count	Sum	Region
OutputDisconnections		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
OverflowPackets	The number of packets that were lost in transit because the video required more buffer than was available	Count	Sum	FlowARN	✔️
OverflowPackets		Count	Sum	Region
OverflowPackets		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
PATError	The number of times that a program association table (PAT) error occurred	Count	Sum	Region
PATError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
PATError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
PCRAccuracyError	The number of times that a program clock register (PCR) accuracy error occurred	Count	Sum	Region
PCRAccuracyError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
PCRAccuracyError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
PCRError	The number of times that a PCR error occurred	Count	Sum	FlowARN
PCRError		Count	Sum	Region
PCRError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
PIDError	The number of times that a packet identifier (PID) error occurred	Count	Sum	Region
PIDError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
PIDError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
PMTError	The number of times that a program map table (PMT) error occurred	Count	Sum	FlowARN
PMTError		Count	Sum	Region
PMTError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
PTSError	The number of times that a presentation timestamp (PTS) error occurred	Count	Sum	FlowARN
PTSError		Count	Sum	Region
PTSError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
PacketLossPercent	The percentage of packets that were lost during transit, even if they were recovered	Percent	Multi	Region
PacketLossPercent		Percent	Multi	Region, AvailabilityZone
PacketLossPercent		Percent	Multi	FlowARN	✔️
RecoveredPackets	The number of packets that were lost during transit, but recovered	Count	Sum	FlowARN	✔️
RecoveredPackets		Count	Sum	Region
RecoveredPackets		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
RoundTripTime	The amount of time it takes for the source to send a signal and receive an acknowledgment from AWS Elemental MediaConnect	Milliseconds	Multi	Region
RoundTripTime		Milliseconds	Multi	Region, AvailabilityZone
RoundTripTime		Milliseconds	Multi	FlowARN	✔️
SourceARQRecovered		Count	Sum	Region
SourceARQRecovered		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceARQRecovered		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceARQRecovered		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceARQRequests		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceARQRequests		Count	Sum	Region
SourceARQRequests		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceARQRequests		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceBitRate	The bitrate of the incoming (source) video	Bits/Second	Multi	FlowARN
SourceBitRate		Bits/Second	Multi	Region
SourceBitRate		Bits/Second	Multi	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceBitRate		Bits/Second	Multi	Region, SourceARN
SourceCATError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceCATError		Count	Sum	Region
SourceCATError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceCATError		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceCRCError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceCRCError		Count	Sum	Region
SourceCRCError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceCRCError		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceConnected		None	Multi	Region
SourceConnected		None	Multi	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceConnected		None	Multi	Region, SourceARN
SourceConnected		None	Sum	Region
SourceConnected		None	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceConnected		None	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceConnected		None	Count	Region
SourceConnected		None	Count	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceConnected		None	Count	Region, SourceARN
SourceConnected		None	Multi	FlowARN
SourceConnected		None	Sum	FlowARN
SourceContinuityCounter		Count	Sum	Region
SourceContinuityCounter		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceContinuityCounter		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceContinuityCounter		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceDisconnections		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceDisconnections		Count	Sum	Region
SourceDisconnections		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceDisconnections		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceDroppedPackets		Count	Sum	Region
SourceDroppedPackets		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceDroppedPackets		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceDroppedPackets		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceFECPackets		Count	Sum	Region
SourceFECPackets		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceFECPackets		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceFECPackets		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceFECRecovered		Count	Sum	Region
SourceFECRecovered		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceFECRecovered		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceFECRecovered		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceNotRecoveredPackets		Count	Sum	Region
SourceNotRecoveredPackets		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceNotRecoveredPackets		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceNotRecoveredPackets		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceOverflowPackets		Count	Sum	Region
SourceOverflowPackets		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceOverflowPackets		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceOverflowPackets		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourcePATError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourcePATError		Count	Sum	Region
SourcePATError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourcePATError		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourcePCRAccuracyError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourcePCRAccuracyError		Count	Sum	Region
SourcePCRAccuracyError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourcePCRAccuracyError		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourcePCRError		Count	Sum	Region
SourcePCRError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourcePCRError		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourcePCRError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourcePIDError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourcePIDError		Count	Sum	Region
SourcePIDError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourcePIDError		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourcePMTError		Count	Sum	Region
SourcePMTError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourcePMTError		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourcePMTError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourcePTSError		Count	Sum	Region
SourcePTSError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourcePTSError		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourcePTSError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourcePacketLossPercent		Percent	Multi	FlowARN
SourcePacketLossPercent		Percent	Multi	Region
SourcePacketLossPercent		Percent	Multi	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourcePacketLossPercent		Percent	Multi	Region, SourceARN
SourceRecoveredPackets		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceRecoveredPackets		Count	Sum	Region
SourceRecoveredPackets		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceRecoveredPackets		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceRoundTripTime		Milliseconds	Multi	Region
SourceRoundTripTime		Milliseconds	Multi	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceRoundTripTime		Milliseconds	Multi	Region, SourceARN
SourceRoundTripTime		Milliseconds	Multi	FlowARN
SourceTSByteError		Count	Sum	Region
SourceTSByteError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceTSByteError		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceTSByteError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceTSSyncLoss		Count	Sum	Region
SourceTSSyncLoss		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceTSSyncLoss		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceTSSyncLoss		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceTotalPackets		Count	Sum	Region
SourceTotalPackets		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceTotalPackets		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
SourceTotalPackets		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceTransportError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
SourceTransportError		Count	Sum	Region
SourceTransportError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
SourceTransportError		Count	Sum	Region, SourceARN
TSByteError	The number of times that a transport stream (TS) byte error occurred	Count	Sum	Region
TSByteError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
TSByteError		Count	Sum	FlowARN
TSSyncLoss	The number of times that a transport stream (TS) sync loss error occurred	Count	Sum	FlowARN
TSSyncLoss		Count	Sum	Region
TSSyncLoss		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
TotalPackets	The total number of packets that were received	Count	Sum	Region
TotalPackets		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
TotalPackets		Count	Sum	FlowARN	✔️
TransportError	The number of times that a primary transport error occurred	Count	Sum	Region
TransportError		Count	Sum	Region, AvailabilityZone
TransportError		Count	Sum	FlowARN