AWS dynamodb metricset
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The dynamodb metricset of aws module allows you to monitor your AWS DynamoDB database. dynamodb metricset fetches a set of values from Amazon DynamoDB Metrics. For all other DynamoDB metrics, the aggregation granularity is five minutes.
- module: aws
period: 300s
metricsets:
- dynamodb
# This module uses the aws cloudwatch metricset, all
# the options for this metricset are also available here.
The aws dynamodb metricset comes with a predefined dashboard. For example:

Please see more details for each metric in Amazon DynamoDB Metrics.
| Metric Name | Statistic Method |
|---|---|
| SuccessfulRequestLatency | Average |
| OnlineIndexPercentageProgress | Average |
| ProvisionedWriteCapacityUnits | Average |
| ProvisionedReadCapacityUnits | Average |
| ConsumedReadCapacityUnits | Average |
| ConsumedWriteCapacityUnits | Average |
| ReplicationLatency | Average |
| TransactionConflict | Average |
| AccountProvisionedReadCapacityUtilization | Average |
| AccountProvisionedWriteCapacityUtilization | Average |
| SystemErrors | Sum |
| ConsumedReadCapacityUnits | Sum |
| ConsumedWriteCapacityUnits | Sum |
| ConditionalCheckFailedRequests | Sum |
| PendingReplicationCount | Sum |
| TransactionConflict | Sum |
| ReadThrottleEvents | Sum |
| ThrottledRequests | Sum |
| WriteThrottleEvents | Sum |
| SuccessfulRequestLatency | Maximum |
| ReplicationLatency | Maximum |
| AccountMaxReads | Maximum |
| AccountMaxTableLevelReads | Maximum |
| AccountMaxTableLevelWrites | Maximum |
| AccountMaxWrites | Maximum |
| MaxProvisionedTableReadCapacityUtilization | Maximum |
| MaxProvisionedTableWriteCapacityUtilization | Maximum |
This is a default metricset. If the host module is unconfigured, this metricset is enabled by default.
For a description of each field in the metricset, see the exported fields section.
Here is an example document generated by this metricset:
{
"@timestamp": "2020-01-10T11:01:22.612Z",
"@metadata": {
"beat": "metricbeat",
"type": "_doc",
"version": "8.0.0"
},
"host": {
"id": "883134FF-0EC4-5E1B-9F9E-FD06FB681D84",
"hostname": "vm1",
"architecture": "x86_64",
"name": "vm1",
"os": {
"family": "darwin",
"name": "Mac OS X",
"kernel": "18.7.0",
"build": "18G95",
"platform": "darwin",
"version": "10.14.6"
}
},
"agent": {
"hostname": "vm1",
"id": "fbaf40e4-c9f2-4d9f-840f-b3d8de51b42c",
"version": "8.0.0",
"type": "metricbeat",
"ephemeral_id": "ccb69319-4fbd-4881-996a-4c710322da8b"
},
"cloud": {
"region": "eu-central-1",
"account": {
"name": "elastic-beats",
"id": "428152502467"
},
"provider": "aws"
},
"aws": {
"dimensions": {
"TableName": "TryDaxTable",
"Operation": "Query"
},
"dynamodb": {
"metrics": {
"SuccessfulRequestLatency": {
"avg": 1.6592021822660081,
"max": 2.883089
},
"ThrottledRequests": {
"sum": 112
}
}
},
"cloudwatch": {
"namespace": "AWS/DynamoDB"
}
},
"event": {
"duration": 1447079629,
"dataset": "aws.dynamodb",
"module": "aws"
},
"metricset": {
"name": "dynamodb",
"period": 60000
},
"service": {
"type": "aws"
},
"ecs": {
"version": "1.2.0"
}
}