Configure Streaming of Metrics

You can modify the frequency at which the data is collected to a higher frequency to view the performance in the dashboard.

Make sure the following prerequisites are complete:

• Enable hpsensor on the managed node.
• Specify the Performance Engine server URL and password using the Infrastructure Setting pane.

To enable data collection at a higher frequency, follow these steps:

1. Open the Policy Template pane:

   Click Administration > Monitoring > Policy Templates.

2. In the Policy Template Group pane, expand Policy Management > Templates grouped by type > Configuration > Metric Streaming Configuration.

3. In the Policy Template pane, select the AWS_StreamingConfiguration policy and click Edit Policy Template.

4. In Properties tab, specify the agent hostname which will collect data.

5. In the Metrics tab, select the required metric class and metric for collecting data. You can specify if data must be collected for all or specific instance. Be default, data for all instances are collected.

   To select EBS metrics for metric streaming, follow the steps:

   1. Enter the Operations Agent host in the Agent Hostname field and click Load Metric Definitions.
   2. Select the ECS_EBS_METRICS checkbox and click Apply.
   3. Click Save and Close.

To collect data for a specific instance of application, follow these steps:

1. In the Metrics tab, select the data class and click Edit.

2. Select Instances and specify the required instance in the field and click Add.

3. Click Apply and Select.

6. In the Target Endpoint tab, specify the URL to stream the metric data.

   For Example, http:<PEhostname>:<portnumber>/perfengine/HPCSListener

7. Click Save and Close. A new version of policy is created by 0.1.
8. In the Policy Template pane, select the latest version of policy and click Assign & Deploy.
9. In the Configuration Item, select the agent node and click Next.
10. Click Finish.

In case hpsensor is not enabled before deploying modified policy, then enable the hpsensor and run the following tool for re-registration: AWS HPCS Registration.