UPD: removed the need for collectd

tasks/config-collect.json

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+      {
+      	"agent": {
+      		"metrics_collection_interval": 60,
+      		"run_as_user": "cwagent"
+      	},
+      	"metrics": {
+          "namespace": "CWAgent",
+      		"append_dimensions": {
+      			"AutoScalingGroupName": "${aws:AutoScalingGroupName}",
+      			"ImageId": "${aws:ImageId}",
+      			"InstanceId": "${aws:InstanceId}",
+      			"InstanceType": "${aws:InstanceType}"
+      		},
+      		"metrics_collected": {
+      			"collectd": {
+      				"metrics_aggregation_interval": 60
+      			},
+      			"disk": {
+      				"measurement": [
+      					"used_percent"
+      				],
+      				"metrics_collection_interval": 60,
+      				"resources": [
+      					"*"
+      				]
+      			},
+      			"mem": {
+      				"measurement": [
+      					"mem_used_percent"
+      				],
+      				"metrics_collection_interval": 60
+      			},
+      			"statsd": {
+      				"metrics_aggregation_interval": 60,
+      				"metrics_collection_interval": 10,
+      				"service_address": ":8125"
+      			}
+      		}
+      	}
+      }

tasks/config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{
+	"agent": {
+		"metrics_collection_interval": 60,
+		"run_as_user": "cwagent"
+	},
+	"metrics": {
+		"aggregation_dimensions": [
+			[
+				"InstanceId"
+			]
+		],
+		"append_dimensions": {
+			"AutoScalingGroupName": "${aws:AutoScalingGroupName}",
+			"ImageId": "${aws:ImageId}",
+			"InstanceId": "${aws:InstanceId}",
+			"InstanceType": "${aws:InstanceType}"
+		},
+		"metrics_collected": {
+			"cpu": {
+				"measurement": [
+					"cpu_usage_idle",
+					"cpu_usage_iowait",
+					"cpu_usage_user",
+					"cpu_usage_system"
+				],
+				"metrics_collection_interval": 60,
+				"resources": [
+					"*"
+				],
+				"totalcpu": false
+			},
+			"disk": {
+				"measurement": [
+					"used_percent",
+					"inodes_free"
+				],
+				"metrics_collection_interval": 60,
+				"resources": [
+					"*"
+				]
+			},
+			"diskio": {
+				"measurement": [
+					"io_time"
+				],
+				"metrics_collection_interval": 60,
+				"resources": [
+					"*"
+				]
+			},
+			"mem": {
+				"measurement": [
+					"mem_used_percent"
+				],
+				"metrics_collection_interval": 60
+			},
+			"statsd": {
+				"metrics_aggregation_interval": 60,
+				"metrics_collection_interval": 10,
+				"service_address": ":8125"
+			},
+			"swap": {
+				"measurement": [
+					"swap_used_percent"
+				],
+				"metrics_collection_interval": 60
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-- name: Install collectd
+#- name: Install collectd
-  apt:
+#  apt:
-    name: collectd
+#    name: collectl
-    state: present
+#    state: present
 
 - name: Install CloudWatch agent for Ubuntu
   apt:
@@ -12,47 +12,7 @@
   copy:
     dest: /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/config.json
     backup: yes
-    content: |
+    src: config.json
-      {
-      	"agent": {
-      		"metrics_collection_interval": 60,
-      		"run_as_user": "cwagent"
-      	},
-      	"metrics": {
-          "namespace": "CWAgent",
-      		"append_dimensions": {
-      			"AutoScalingGroupName": "${aws:AutoScalingGroupName}",
-      			"ImageId": "${aws:ImageId}",
-      			"InstanceId": "${aws:InstanceId}",
-      			"InstanceType": "${aws:InstanceType}"
-      		},
-      		"metrics_collected": {
-      			"collectd": {
-      				"metrics_aggregation_interval": 60
-      			},
-      			"disk": {
-      				"measurement": [
-      					"used_percent"
-      				],
-      				"metrics_collection_interval": 60,
-      				"resources": [
-      					"*"
-      				]
-      			},
-      			"mem": {
-      				"measurement": [
-      					"mem_used_percent"
-      				],
-      				"metrics_collection_interval": 60
-      			},
-      			"statsd": {
-      				"metrics_aggregation_interval": 60,
-      				"metrics_collection_interval": 10,
-      				"service_address": ":8125"
-      			}
-      		}
-      	}
-      }
 
 - name: Enable and start agent
   shell: /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/config.json -s