EC2 User Data Script for Automatic CloudWatch Agent Configuration | Amazon EC2

📊 Automate CloudWatch Agent Setup on Amazon EC2 with User Data 🚀 In this video, we’ll automate the CloudWatch Agent installation and configuration on Amazon EC2 using a User Data script. No more logging in and setting up the agent manually — new instances in your Auto Scaling Group will send metrics to CloudWatch right from the start. 👉 If you’ve been following this series: 📹Amazon EC2 - https://youtu.be/tfjAE6hiN5c We already built a .NET CDK project that deploys an Auto Scaling Group behind a load balancer. Last time, we installed the CloudWatch Agent manually via the AWS Console for extra metrics. The problem? Every new or replaced instance required the same manual setup. 💡 The solution: EC2 User Data — a startup script that installs and configures the CloudWatch Agent automatically. This ensures monitoring is consistent across all your EC2s, even as they scale in or out. What you’ll learn in this video: ✅ Amazon EC2 User Data ✅ Install CWAgent Using User Data Script ✅ Making Auto Scaling Groups instantly CloudWatch-ready Whether you’re managing a single EC2 instance or a large Auto Scaling Group, this approach will save you time and ensure reliability. Additional Watching 📹EC2 GitHub Actions - https://youtu.be/hViTuEA75-w 📹AWS CDK - https://bit.ly/aws-cdk-dotnet 📹LocalStack - https://youtu.be/zqwgDQjxGUg?si=bapmCMLzrJkL2H-X 📹AWS Series - https://bit.ly/aws-net-series 📹 ASP Series - https://bit.ly/asp-net-core-series 📹 Messaging Series - https://bit.ly/dotnet-messaging 📹RabbitMQ Series - https://bit.ly/rabbitmq-net-series Come say hi! ✋ 🌍 Blog - https://rahulpnath.com/ ✉ Newsletter - https://www.rahulpnath.com/subscribe 🐦Twitter - / rahulpnath 📸Instagram - / rahulpnath #dotnet #aws #cdk