Sample configuration for CloudWatch Agent

amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json

{
	"agent": {
		"metrics_collection_interval": 60
	},
	"metrics": {
		"namespace": "CWAgent",
		"append_dimensions": {
			"InstanceId": "${aws:InstanceId}"
		},
		"metrics_collected": {
			"mem": {
				"measurement": [
					"used_percent"
				]
			},
			"cpu": {
				"measurement": [
					"usage_active"
				]
			},
			"disk": {
				"measurement": [
					"used_percent"
				],
				"ignore_file_system_types": [
					"devtmpfs",
					"overlay",
					"squashfs",
					"tmpfs",
					"vfat"
				]
			},
			"swap": {
				"measurement": [
					"used_percent"
				]
			}
		}
	}
}