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CloudWatch
- Overview
- Installation
- Change log
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CloudWatch data source - native plugin
Grafana ships with built in support for CloudWatch. Simply add it as a data source and you are ready to build dashboards for your CloudWatch metrics and logs.
Read more about it here:
https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/cloudwatch/
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Installing CloudWatch on Grafana Cloud:
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
For more information, visit the docs on plugin installation.
Installing on a local Grafana:
For local instances, plugins are installed and updated via a simple CLI command. Plugins are not updated automatically, however you will be notified when updates are available right within your Grafana.
1. Install the Data Source
Use the grafana-cli tool to install CloudWatch from the commandline:
grafana-cli plugins install The plugin will be installed into your grafana plugins directory; the default is /var/lib/grafana/plugins. More information on the cli tool.
Alternatively, you can manually download the .zip file for your architecture below and unpack it into your grafana plugins directory.
Alternatively, you can manually download the .zip file and unpack it into your grafana plugins directory.
2. Configure the Data Source
Accessed from the Grafana main menu, newly installed data sources can be added immediately within the Data Sources section.
Next, click the Add data source button in the upper right. The data source will be available for selection in the Type select box.
To see a list of installed data sources, click the Plugins item in the main menu. Both core data sources and installed data sources will appear.
Installing on a local Grafana:
For local instances, plugins are installed and updated via a simple CLI command. Plugins are not updated automatically, however you will be notified when updates are available right within your Grafana.
1. Install the Data Source
Use the grafana-cli tool to install CloudWatch from the commandline:
grafana-cli plugins install The plugin will be installed into your grafana plugins directory; the default is /var/lib/grafana/plugins. More information on the cli tool.
Alternatively, you can manually download the .zip file for your architecture below and unpack it into your grafana plugins directory.
Alternatively, you can manually download the .zip file and unpack it into your grafana plugins directory.
2. Configure the Data Source
Accessed from the Grafana main menu, newly installed data sources can be added immediately within the Data Sources section.
Next, click the Add data source button in the upper right. The data source will be available for selection in the Type select box.
To see a list of installed data sources, click the Plugins item in the main menu. Both core data sources and installed data sources will appear.
Changelog
12.1.1
- Chore: bump jest-environment-jsdom from 30.0.4 to 30.0.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/89
- Chore: bump @swc/core from 1.13.1 to 1.13.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/90
- Chore: bump jest from 30.0.4 to 30.0.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/88
- Chore: bump @testing-library/jest-dom from 6.6.3 to 6.6.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/97
- Fix dependabot ignore location for npm dependencies by @kevinwcyu in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/94
- Chore: bump @swc/core from 1.13.2 to 1.13.3 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/99
- Chore: bump @grafana/plugin-ui from 0.10.7 to 0.10.8 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/100
- Chore: bump github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/oam from 1.18.3 to 1.18.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/83
- Chore: bump github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/resourcegroupstaggingapi from 1.26.6 to 1.26.7 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/84
- Chore: bump github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch from 1.45.3 to 1.45.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/87
- Chore: bump github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatchlogs from 1.51.0 to 1.53.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/103
- Chore: bump github.com/grafana/grafana-aws-sdk from 1.0.4 to 1.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/102
- Chore: bump github.com/aws/smithy-go from 1.22.4 to 1.22.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/101
- Chore: bump github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2 from 1.231.0 to 1.235.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/105
- Fix handling region for legacy alerts by @iwysiu in https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/104
12.1.0
- Fix: use configured default region if empty region requested by @njvrzm in #92
- CloudWatch: Clear log groups when region is changed by @iwysiu #91
- Updates from core plugin by @njvrzm in #81
- Tweak dependabot schedule by @kevinwcyu in #93
- Fix: Handle log alerts queries where the time field is not the first field by @kevinwcyu in #79
- Set accountId to undefined if not monitoring account by @idastambuk in #58
- Dependabot updates:
- Chore: bump github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2 from 1.230.0 to 1.231.0 (#80)
- Chore: bump eslint-config-prettier from 10.1.5 to 10.1.8 (#77)
- Chore: bump @types/node from 22.16.4 to 22.16.5 (#76)
- Chore: bump @grafana/plugin-e2e from 2.1.6 to 2.1.7 (#75)
- Chore: bump @swc/core from 1.13.0 to 1.13.1 (#74)
- Chore: bump @playwright/test from 1.53.2 to 1.54.1 (#72)
- Chore: bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 8.35.0 to 8.37.0 (#73)
- Chore: bump @swc/core from 1.12.14 to 1.13.0 (#71)
- Chore: bump webpack from 5.99.9 to 5.100.2 (#70)
- Chore: bump eslint from 9.29.0 to 9.31.0 (#69)
- Chore: bump @swc/jest from 0.2.38 to 0.2.39 (#67)
- Remove @types/testing-library__jest-dom (#65)
- Chore: bump eslint-plugin-jsdoc from 50.6.17 to 51.4.1 (#66)
- Chore: bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 8.35.0 to 8.37.0 (#64)
- Chore: bump @grafana/eslint-config from 8.0.0 to 8.1.0 (#68)
- Chore: bump @eslint/js from 9.29.0 to 9.31.0 (#61)
- Chore: bump @types/node from 22.15.35 to 22.16.4 (#63) Chore: bump @grafana/plugin-e2e from 2.1.3 to 2.1.6 (#62)
- Chore: bump @types/jest from 29.5.14 to 30.0.0 (#60)
- Chore: bump @swc/core from 1.12.7 to 1.12.14 (#59)
- Chore: bump jest-environment-jsdom from 29.7.0 to 30.0.0 (#50)
- Chore: bump jest from 30.0.0 to 30.0.4 (#56)
- Chore: bump glob from 11.0.2 to 11.0.3 (#52)
- Chore: bump @stylistic/eslint-plugin-ts from 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 (#57)
- Chore: bump @playwright/test from 1.53.1 to 1.53.2 (#54)
- Chore: bump jest from 29.7.0 to 30.0.0 (#55)
- Chore: bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 8.32.1 to 8.35.0 (#53)
12.0.5
- Fix PDC transport issue & bump grafana-aws-sdk in #37
12.0.4
- Fix externalID handling by @njvrzm in #34
- Add missing regions to constants by @idastambuk in #31
- Improve instance attribute variable query editor by @idastambuk in [#32]https://github.com/grafana/grafana-cloudwatch-datasource/pull/32)
- Chore: add dependabot by @idastambuk in #22
- Dependency updates:
12.0.3
- Externalization: bump grafana-aws-sdk for assume role fix, bump plugin-sdk-go for good measure #21
12.0.2
- Externalization: Fix runtime jsx configuration in #18
12.0.1
- Fix: Bump grafana-aws-sdk for v2 auth fix in #14
12.0.0
- Initial release
1.0.0 (Unreleased)
