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$ wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/ubuntu/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb

For Windows, follow the below command to connect to the EC2 instance.

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curl -O https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/windows/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.msi


Use the following command to install the Agent on Ubuntu:

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$ sudo dpkg -i -E ./amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb

For Windows:

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msiexec /i amazon-cloudwatch-agent.msi


After installing the CloudWatch Agent, the user needs to be configured before it starts. It can be configured in two ways: by manually creating a config file or using the wizard (In which the user needs to answer a series of questions). It generates a config file.

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{
     "agent": {
         "run_as_user": "root"
     },
     "logs": {
         "logs_collected": {
             "files": {
                 "collect_list": [
                     {
                         "file_path": "/var/log/scheduler/error.log{path to your log file}",
                         "log_group_name": "scheduler-error-log",
                         "log_stream_name": "{instance_id}"
                     }
                 ]
             }
         }
     }
 }

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