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This document compares CloudWatch Agent, SSM Agent, and custom daemon scripts for collecting and sending metrics and logs to AWS services. CloudWatch Agent allows collecting more system-level metrics than standard CloudWatch metrics, and supports retrieving custom metrics and logs. It can be installed via command line, SSM Agent, or CloudFormation. SSM Agent processes automation requests from AWS Systems Manager at root level to configure instances. Custom scripts can be used if the other agents don't meet needs, and are useful for modifications before sending data.

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This document compares CloudWatch Agent, SSM Agent, and custom daemon scripts for collecting and sending metrics and logs to AWS services. CloudWatch Agent allows collecting more system-level metrics than standard CloudWatch metrics, and supports retrieving custom metrics and logs. It can be installed via command line, SSM Agent, or CloudFormation. SSM Agent processes automation requests from AWS Systems Manager at root level to configure instances. Custom scripts can be used if the other agents don't meet needs, and are useful for modifications before sending data.

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CloudWatch Agent vs SSM Agent vs Custom Daemon Scripts

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April 29,
2019

CloudWatch Agent SSM Agent (AWS Custom Daemon Scripts


Systems Manager)

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CloudWatch agent SSM Agent is You use custom scripts
allows you to collect Amazon software (such as cron or bash
more system-level that runs on your scripts) if the two previously
metrics from your EC2 EC2 instances and mentioned agents do not fit
and on-premises your hybrid your needs.
servers than just the instances that are CloudWatch agent is useful
standard CloudWatch configured for for collecting system-level
metrics. Systems Manager. metrics and logs. You can
It also enables you to SSM Agent create custom scripts that
retrieve custom metrics processes requests perform some modifications
from your applications from the Systems before the metrics are sent
or services using the Manager service in out.
StatsD and collectd the cloud and SSM Agent is also useful for
protocols. StatsD is configures your automation purposes,
supported on both machine as though Systems Manager
Linux servers and specified in the does not have a document
servers running request. You can for every case scenario. You
Windows Server. manage servers may also have some
collectd is supported without having to compliance requirements
only on Linux servers. log in to them that would require SSM
You can use using automation. Agent to be disabled (recall
CloudWatch agent to SSM Agent sends that SSM agent runs at root
collect logs from your status and level permissions).
servers and send them execution
to CloudWatch Logs. information back to
Metrics collected by the the Systems
CloudWatch agent are Manager service by
billed as custom using the EC2
metrics. Messaging service.
You can install SSM Agent runs on
CloudWatch Agent Amazon EC2
using three ways: instances using
via Command root permissions
Line (Linux) or SYSTEM
via SSM Agent permissions
via AWS (Windows).
CloudFormation CloudWatch agent
replaces SSM agent
in sending metric
logs to CloudWatch
Logs.

References:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/Install-CloudWatch-
Agent.html
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https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/ssm-agent.html

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