CloudWatch Dashboard Pack for EC2

CloudWatch Dashboard Pack for EC2

Five production-ready CloudWatch dashboards deployed via a single CloudFormation template. Covers the metrics that matter for EC2 health — no manual widget configuration required.

What Is Included

• CPU Utilization Dashboard — Per-instance CPU over time with alarm threshold reference line
• Memory Dashboard — Memory utilization via CloudWatch agent (requires agent install, instructions included)
• Disk I/O Dashboard — Read and write bytes plus IOPS per instance
• Network Throughput Dashboard — Network in/out bytes with baseline trend over configurable time range
• Instance Status Checks Dashboard — System and instance status check failures across all monitored instances

How It Works

• Deploy the CloudFormation template in your target region
• All five dashboards appear immediately in CloudWatch under Dashboards
• Dashboards use AWS::AccountId and AWS::Region dynamic references — no hardcoded values
• Parameterized instance IDs let you scope each dashboard to specific instances at deploy time

What You Get

• cloudformation.yaml — all five dashboards defined as CloudFormation resources
• dashboards/ — individual dashboard JSON files for manual import into existing stacks
• README.md — deployment steps, CloudWatch agent setup guide, and customization notes

Requirements

AWS account with CloudFormation and CloudWatch access. Memory dashboards require the CloudWatch agent installed on target instances. No third-party tools needed — standard CloudWatch metrics charges apply.