config.yaml.example

# Sample config.yaml

# If connecting to a different region other than default, set region
Auth:
  region: "us-west-2"
Metrics:
- Namespace: "AWS/ELB"
  MetricName: "RequestCount"
  Statistics: "Sum"
  Unit: "Count"
  Dimensions:
    # You can have multiple dimensions, but boto will only return the last one
    LoadBalancerName: "my-load-balancer"
# You can list additional metrics in one file. Just be careful about rate limits.
- Namespace: "AWS/EC2"
  MetricName: "CPUUtilization"
  # You can have multiple statistics too
  Statistics:
  - "Maximum"
  - "Average"
  Unit: "Percent"
  Dimensions:
    InstanceId: "i-r0b0t"
  # OPTIONAL: custom options just for this metric
  Options:
    # Set this to customize your Graphite metric names
    Formatter: 'cloudwatch.%(Namespace)s.%(dimension)s.%(MetricName)s.%(statistic)s.%(Unit)s'
    # EC2 defaults to 5 minute reports
    Period: 5
# OPTIONAL: set defaults for all metrics in this file
Options:
  Count: 10