Quick Info
| Plugin Title | App-Tier Auto Scaling Group CloudWatch Logs Enabled |
| Cloud | AWS |
| Category | AutoScaling |
| Description | Ensures that App-Tier Auto Scaling Groups are using CloudWatch logs agent. |
| More Info | EC2 instance available within app-tier Auto Scaling Group (ASG) should use an AWS CloudWatch Logs agent to monitor, store and access log files. |
| AWS Link | https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/Install-CloudWatch-Agent.html |
| Recommended Action | Update app-tier Auto Scaling Group to use CloudWatch Logs agent |
Detailed Remediation Steps
- Log in to the AWS Management Console.
- Select the “Services” option and search for EC2.
- In the EC2 Management console, scroll down and click on the “Auto Scaling groups” at the bottom.
- On the “Auto Scaling groups” page, select the Auto Scaling group which needs to be verified whether CloudWatch logs are enabled or not.
- On the “Auto Scaling group”, click on the “Monitoring” tab and check if “Auto Scaling group metrics collection” is enabled or not.
- Repeat steps number 2 - 5 to ensure that App-Tier Auto Scaling Groups are using CloudWatch logs.
- Navigate to the EC2 console using the link https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/ .
- Scroll down the EC2 console page, select the Auto Scaling groups and select the Auto Scaling group which needs to have CloudWatch logs enabled.
- Click on the “Monitoring” tab, click on the “Enable” checkbox next to the Auto Scaling group metrics collection.
- Repeat steps number 7 - 9 to update app-tier Auto Scaling Group to use CloudWatch Metrics.