AWS VPC NAT Gateway

Collect AWS VPC NAT Gateway Metrics

Configuration¶

Install Func¶

It is recommended to activate TrueWatch Integration - Extensions - DataFlux Func (Automata): All prerequisites are automatically installed, please proceed with script installation

If deploying Func manually, refer to Manual Deployment of Func

Install Script¶

Note: Please prepare the required Amazon AK in advance (for simplicity, you can directly grant global read-only permission ReadOnlyAccess)

Automata Activation Script¶

1. Log in to the TrueWatch console
2. Click the 【Integration】 menu, select 【Cloud Account Management】
3. Click 【Add Cloud Account】, select 【AWS】, and fill in the required information on the interface. If the cloud account information has been configured before, ignore this step
4. Click 【Test】, after successful testing, click 【Save】. If the test fails, please check the relevant configuration information and retest
5. Click 【Cloud Account Management】 list to see the added cloud account, click the corresponding cloud account to enter the details page
6. Click the 【Integration】 button on the cloud account details page, find AWS VPC NAT Gateway under the Not Installed list, click the 【Install】 button, and install it in the pop-up installation interface.

Manual Activation Script¶

1. Log in to the Func console, click 【Script Market】, enter the TrueWatch script market, search for integration_aws_vpc_nat_gateway

2. Click 【Install】, then enter the corresponding parameters: AWS AK ID, AK Secret, and account name.

3. Click 【Deploy Startup Script】, the system will automatically create the Startup script set and automatically configure the corresponding startup scripts.

4. After enabling, you can see the corresponding automatic trigger configuration in 「Management / Automatic Trigger Configuration」. Click 【Execute】 to immediately execute once without waiting for the scheduled time. After a while, you can view the execution task records and corresponding logs.

Verification¶

1. In 「Management / Automatic Trigger Configuration」, confirm whether the corresponding task has the corresponding automatic trigger configuration, and you can also check the corresponding task records and logs for any abnormalities
2. In TrueWatch, check if there is asset information in 「Infrastructure - Resource Catalog」
3. In TrueWatch, check if there is corresponding monitoring data in 「Metrics」

Metrics¶

Configure Amazon CloudWatch to collect more metrics Amazon CloudWatch Metrics Details

NAT Gateway metrics are under the aws_AWS/NATGateway Measurement, the description column includes the description of each metric, as well as the unit and statistics.

Object¶

The collected AWS VPC NAT Gateway object data structure can be seen in 「Infrastructure - Resource Catalog」

{
  "measurement": "aws_vpc_nat_gateway",
  "tags": {
    "ConnectivityType": "public",
    "RegionId"        : "cn-north-1",
    "NatGatewayId"    : "nat-xxx",
    "NatGatewayName"  : "xxxxxxx",
    "State"           : "available",
    "SubnetId"        : "subnet-xxx",
    "VpcId"           : "vpc-xxx",
    "name"            : "nat-xxx"
  },
  "fields": {
    "CreateTime"         : "2023-11-22T05:44:44Z",
    "NatGatewayAddresses": "[Information about IP addresses and network interfaces associated with the NAT Gateway]",
    "Tags"               : "[Tags of the NAT Gateway]",
    "message"            : "{Instance JSON Data}"
  }
}

Note: The fields in tags and fields may change with subsequent updates