AWS Extended Services PowerPack Release Notes, version 100

Version 100 of the AWS Extended Services PowerPack adds a number of AWS services to be monitored by SL1 with the Amazon Web Services PowerPack.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 10.2.0
  • Minimum Required Amazon Web Services PowerPack Version: 123

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 10.2.0 or later of SL1 before installing "AWS Extended Services" PowerPack version 100.

For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

If your SL1 system is not currently running version 10.2.0 or later, you must upgrade to 10.2.0 or later as part of the upgrade process for version 100 of the PowerPack.

Ensure that you have installed the latest version of the Amazon Web ServicesPowerPack.

Additionally, the Data Collectors used to monitor the AWS account must be running the Oracle Linux 7.2 operating system.

Installing the PowerPack

To install version 100 of the AWS Extended Services PowerPack, perform the following steps:

To install this PowerPack:

  1. Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
  2. See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 10.2.0 or later release.
  3. Download the "AWS Extended Services" version 100PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
  4. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "AWS Extended Services" version 100.
  5. Click the Install button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.

For more information about using the PowerPack, see the Monitoring Amazon Web Services manual.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that discover, model, and collect data from the following services:
  • Amazon MQ for ActiveMQ
  • Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ
  • AppStream
  • Athena
  • CloudSearch
  • CodeBuild
  • Cognito
  • Connect
  • DMS
  • DocumentDB
  • Elastic Transcoder
  • FSx
  • Lex V2
  • MediaConnect
  • MediaPackage
  • MediaTailor
  • Neptune
  • OpenSearch
  • SWF
  • Devices Classes for each type of AWS device monitored:
  • Active MQ Broker
  • Amazon FSx For Lustre
  • Amazon FSx For NetApp ONTAP
  • Amazon FSx For OpenZFS
  • Amazon FSx For Windows File Server
  • AppStream Fleet
  • Athena Workgroup
  • CloudBuild Project
  • CloudSearch Domain
  • CodeBuild Project
  • Cognito IdentityPool
  • Connect Instance
  • DMS Replication Instance
  • DocDB Cluster
  • Elastic Transcoder Pipeline
  • Elemental MediaConnect
  • Elemental MediaConvert
  • Elemental MediaPackage Live
  • Elemental MediaPackage Vod Config
  • Elemental MediaPackage Vod Group
  • Elemental MediaTailor
  • LEX Bot
  • Neptune Cluster
  • OpenSearch Domain
  • Rabbit MQ Broker
  • SWF Domain
  • The following Content Libraries:
  • aws_explorer 0.3.7d
  • boto3 1.17.112
  • content 1.3.11d
  • recordreplay 2.1.8d
  • silo_apps 3.1.4
  • silo_aws 6.6.8d
  • silo_aws_args 1.4.9d
  • silo_credentials 1.0.19
  • silo_snippet 0.1.1d
  • silo_vmware 3.3.4d
  • urllib3 1.25.11

Known Issues and Workarounds

The following known issues affect version 100 of the AWS Extended Services PowerPack:

  • To prevent the discovery of DocDB and Neptune databases inside regional RDS services, which will not collect data or align Dynamic Applications, do not enable new permissions for services in this PowerPack before installing version 123 of the Amazon Web ServicesPowerPack.
  • The "AWS: Connect Performance" Dynamic Applications does not collect any metrics in version 100. Data collection for the collection objects will be implemented in the next release.
  • The "AWS: Athena Workgroup Performance" Dynamic Application collects data only for the "Processed Bytes - Sum" collection object. Collection for the remainder of the collection objects will be implemented in the next release.