Getting Started with Host Monitoring

With Coralogix’s Infrastructure Explorer, Host Monitoring allows you to:

• Browse hosts in a unified view alongside logs, metrics, and traces
• Access full context in one screen: metadata, performance stats, events, relationships, and configuration
• Drill into individual hosts for granular analysis
• Monitor OpenTelemetry agents deployed on EC2 instances
• Track host-level processes, resource consumption, and more

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you meet the following requirements:

• OpenTelemetry Agent version v0.126.0 or later
• An IAM policy created using the CloudFormation template
• AWS CLI installed (or use AWS CloudShell), with credentials configured

Run the following command, replacing the placeholders as needed:

aws cloudformation deploy \
  --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM \
  --template-file template.yaml \
  --stack-name <stack_name> \
  --parameter-overrides RoleName=<role_name> CoralogixRegion=<coralogix_region>

Once deployed, make sure you have the ARN (Amazon Resource Name) for the IAM role.
For help, see Find Amazon Resource Name.

Setting up Host Monitoring

1. In your Coralogix toolbar, go to Data Flow > Integrations
2. In the Integrations section, search for and select AWS Infrastructure Explorer

1. Click Add New to add a new AWS metadata integration

1. Enter a unique name for the integration
2. Paste the ARN for the IAM role that trusts the Coralogix AWS account
3. Click Save to complete the integration

Once saved, you can view your EC2 host metadata directly in Infrastructure > Infrastructure Explorer.

For additional options and presets, refer to the Host Data Enrichment Options.