AWS VPC TransitGateway

Collect AWS VPC TransitGateway metrics data

Configuration¶

Install Func¶

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

If you want to deploy 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 the global read-only permission ReadOnlyAccess)

Activate Script for Managed Version¶

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 you have already configured the cloud account information before, you can skip this step.
4. Click 【Test】, and after the test is successful, click 【Save】. If the test fails, please check if the relevant configuration information is correct and retest.
5. Click 【Cloud Account Management】, and you can see the added cloud account in the list. Click the corresponding cloud account to enter the details page.
6. Click the 【Integration】 button on the cloud account details page, find AWS VPC TransitGateway under the Not Installed list, and click the 【Install】 button. The installation interface will pop up for installation.

Manual Activation Script¶

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

2. Click 【Install】, and 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 configure the corresponding startup script.

4. After activation, you can see the corresponding automatic trigger configuration in 「Management / Automatic Trigger Configuration」. Click 【Execute】 to execute it immediately without waiting for the scheduled time. After a while, you can check 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 to check for any exceptions.
2. In TrueWatch, check if asset information exists in 「Infrastructure - Resource Catalog」.
3. In TrueWatch, check if there is corresponding monitoring data in 「Metrics」.

Metrics¶

Configure Amazon CloudWatch to collect more metrics. For details, refer to Amazon CloudWatch Metrics Details

TransitGateway metrics are under the aws_AWS/TransitGateway Measurement, and the description column includes the description, unit, and statistics of each metric.

Object¶

The collected AWS VPC TransitGateway object data structure can be viewed in 「Infrastructure - Resource Catalog」.

{
  "measurement": "aws_transit_gateway",
  "tags": {
    "OwnerId"          : "xxxx",
    "RegionId"         : "cn-north-1",
    "State"            : "available",
    "TransitGatewayArn": "arn: xxx",
    "TransitGatewayId" : "tgw-xxx",
    "name"             : "tgw-xxx"
  },
  "fields": {
    "CreationTime": "2023-11-22T09:00:42Z",
    "Description" : "Description of the transit gateway",
    "Options"     : "{Transit gateway options}",
    "Tags"        : "[Tags of the transit channel]",
    "message"     : "{Instance JSON data}"
  }
}

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