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# Amazon CloudWatch

To export monitoring data from your Upsolver account, you must first create a connection that provides the appropriate credentials to access your Amazon CloudWatch.

## Syntax

```sql
CREATE CLOUDWATCH CONNECTION <connection_identifier>
    [ AWS_CREDENTIALS =
        { AWS_ROLE = '<role_arn>'
          EXTERNAL_ID = '<external_id>'
        | AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = '<key_id>'
          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = '<key>' } ]
    REGION = '<region>'
    [ COMMENT = '<comment>' ];
```

#### Jump to

* [`AWS_ROLE`](#aws_role-editable)
* [`EXTERNAL_ID`](#external_id-editable)
* [`AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`](#aws_access_key_id-editable)
* [`AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`](#aws_secret_access_key-editable)
* [`REGION`](#region)
* [`COMMENT`](#comment-editable)

## Connection Options

#### `AWS_ROLE` — editable

Type: `text`

(Optional) The AWS IAM role ARN. Used in conjunction with [`EXTERNAL_ID`](#external_id-editable).

If omitted, the role created when integrating Upsolver with the AWS account is used.

#### `EXTERNAL_ID` — editable

Type: `text`

(Optional) The external ID of the role to assume. Used in conjunction with [`AWS_ROLE`](#aws_role-editable).

If omitted, the role created when integrating Upsolver with the AWS account is used.

#### `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` — editable

Type: `text`

(Optional) The AWS access key ID. Used in conjunction with [`AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`](#aws_secret_access_key).

If omitted, the role created when integrating Upsolver with the AWS account is used.

#### `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` — editable

Type: `text`

(Optional) The AWS secret key corresponds to the provided [`AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`](#aws_access_key_id).

If omitted, the role created when integrating Upsolver with the AWS account is used.

#### `REGION`

Type: `text`

The AWS region to use.

#### `COMMENT` — editable

Type: `text`

(Optional) A description or comment regarding this connection.

## Examples

### Create a connection

The following example creates a new connection named **my\_cloudwatch\_connection** that will be used to send monitoring information to CloudWatch.

```sql
CREATE CLOUDWATCH CONNECTION my_cloudwatch_connection
    AWS_ROLE = 'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/upsolver-sqlake-role'
    REGION = 'us-east-1'
    COMMENT = 'CloudWatch connection for Upsolver metrics';
```

### Create a job

The following script creates a job named **send\_monitoring\_data\_to\_cloudwatch** that sends cluster metrics to the CloudWatch account **my\_cloudwatch\_connection** created in the above example:

```sql
CREATE JOB send_monitoring_data_cloudwatch 
    START_FROM = NOW
AS INSERT INTO my_cloudwatch_connection 
    NAMESPACE = 'upsolver'
    MAP_COLUMNS_BY_NAME
          SELECT utilization_percent AS utilization_percent,
              tasks_in_queue AS tasks_in_queue,
              memory_load_percent AS memory_load_percent,
              cluster_id AS tags.cluster_id,
              cluster_name AS tags.cluster_name,
              RUN_START_TIME() AS time
       FROM system.monitoring.clusters;
```

The job writes to the **upsolver** namespace in the CloudWatch account and includes the **cluster\_id** and **cluster\_name** as tags, which is helpful if you have multiple clusters in your organization.&#x20;


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