Understanding monitoring in KDF
KDF is tightly integrated with Amazon CloudWatch. We have seen how KDF sends error messages to CloudWatch Logs when enabled. In addition, KDF sends metrics to CloudWatch as well. These help with monitoring different aspects of KDF, depending on the feature enabled and destination configured. You can also set alarms on these metrics to either get notified when the alarms trigger or take some automated action using Lambda functions. Some metrics are common for all destinations and some are specific to each destination. I called out some metrics that are relevant to some destinations earlier. In addition, here are some metrics that KDF supports, to keep an eye on:
IncomingBytes
—The number of bytes ingested successfully into the delivery stream over the specified time period. Compare this with what you expect the producer to be sending to KDF for reconciliation.IncomingRecords
—The number of records ingested successfully into the...