ID: 15852
Title: AWS S3 request metrics monitoring: Clarify prequisites
Component: Checks & agents
Level: 1
Class: Bug fix
Version: 2.3.0b1
The AWS special agent can be configured to monitor S3 request metrics. In order for this
to work,
S3 request metrics have to specifically be enabled in the AWS/S3 console, see the
<a
href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/metrics-co…
documentation</a>.
Note that this a paid feature. Furthermore, the filter name has to be set to
<tt>EntireBucket</tt>,
as is recommended in the
<a
href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/configure-…
for a filter that applies to all objects</a>.
The special agent will use this filter name to query S3 request metrics from the AWS API.
These prequisites are now also clearly stated in the AWS special agent configuration
page.