AWS Health

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Overview

AWS Health provides ongoing visibility into the state of your AWS resources, services, and accounts.

Enable this integration to see AWS Health service events in Datadog.

Note: This integration only works for AWS customers with a Business or Enterprise support plan.

Setup

Installation

If you haven’t already, set up the Amazon Web Services integration first.

Configuration

1. Add those permissions to your Datadog IAM policy in order to collect Amazon Health metrics:

   • health:DescribeEvents: Used to list all health events
   • health:DescribeEventDetails: Gets detailed information on health events
   • health:DescribeAffectedEntities: Gets the affected AWS entities for health events

   For more information on Health policies, review the documentation on the AWS website.

2. Install the Datadog - AWS Health integration.

Data Collected

Metrics

The AWS Health integration does not include any metric at this time.

Events

• This integration collects event that can be found in the AWS Personal Health Dashboard.
• Examples include open issues, scheduled maintenances, and account notifications.

Service Checks

The AWS Health integration does not include any service check at this time.

Troubleshooting

Need help? Contact Datadog Support.