How to resolve Sprinto check for monitoring AWS EC2 CPU utilization
About
Sprinto Check: AWS EC2 instance CPU utilization should be monitored
Upon integrating your AWS account with Sprinto, the platform fetches the list of services from your AWS account. If you are using AWS EC2 instances and have not created a monitoring alert for the metric CPUUtilization, Sprinto activates the above check for all EC2 instances under your account.
Note: At this time, our platform does not support AWS CloudWatch Composite Alarms or Math-Based Alarms.
This means you cannot create alarms that:
Combine multiple alarms using logical conditions (e.g., ALARM1 AND ALARM2)
Use metric math expressions (e.g., calculating averages or deltas across metrics)
Purpose
Monitoring CPU utilization in your AWS EC2 instances, specifically the CPUUtilization metric is crucial to ensure optimal performance and resource allocation. Sprinto sends notifications if the CPU utilization surpasses the defined threshold, allowing you to take proactive measures to maintain optimal performance.
How to Resolve
To address this check, follow the steps below to create an AWS CloudWatch alert for monitoring AWS EC2 CPU utilization.
Video Guide
Before you Begin
Ensure you have "Admin" access to the AWS account to create alerts.
Log in to Sprinto as an administrator.
Create Monitoring Alert
Log in to your AWS console using your credentials.
Navigate to the CloudWatch web service.
Go to Alarms > In alarm, and click Create alarm.
Click Select metric.
On the Select metric page, choose the AWS/EC2 namespace and select the metric CPUUtilization.
Specify the metric and conditions to define the alert trigger point, then click Next.
On the configure action page:
Create new topic: Enter the topic name and email address for alert notifications.
Add notification: Select the created SNS topic and click Add notification.
Enter a name and description for the created alert, then click Next.
Preview your created alarm and edit any parameters if required, then click Create alarm.
Once the monitoring alert is created on CloudWatch for AWS EC2 CPU utilization, Sprinto retrieves the changes, and the Sprinto check status is set to "Passing."
If you need any assistance with the Sprinto check, please contact Sprinto support. We're here to help!