# \#aws

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## [Best Practices for Securing AWS Instances Behind a Firewall](https://community.observeinc.com/t/best-practices-for-securing-aws-instances-behind-a-firewall/371)

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**Author:** [@Allen\_3453](https://community.observeinc.com/u/Allen_3453)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/best-practices-for-securing-aws-instances-behind-a-firewall/371 "2026-01-29T07:46:47Z")

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Hey, I have a number of AWS EC2 instances that I need to keep safe while still being able to access them for my apps. I’m having trouble with things that happen to a lot of people, and I would love to hear your best ti…

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## [Tips for missing Cloudwatch metric names under 'Add Data' for AWS flow](https://community.observeinc.com/t/tips-for-missing-cloudwatch-metric-names-under-add-data-for-aws-flow/362)

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**Author:** [@vijays](https://community.observeinc.com/u/vijays)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/tips-for-missing-cloudwatch-metric-names-under-add-data-for-aws-flow/362 "2025-11-04T21:53:36Z")

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You might notice that some of the metrics are missing when you ‘Add Data’ for AWS flow on the Observe UI. AWS doesn’t provide a single API or CLI command to retrieve all CloudWatch metric names across services. To view …

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## [How to collect AWS Metrics](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-to-collect-aws-metrics/184)

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**Author:** [@vijays](https://community.observeinc.com/u/vijays)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-to-collect-aws-metrics/184 "2025-09-30T14:45:35Z")

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CloudWatch Metrics can be ingested in two ways: AWS CloudWatch Metric Streams (push) Metrics streams use the Kinesis Firehose and are cheaper per metric Data Point per Minute (DPM) but less adjustable, so the total…

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## [S3 Bucket Policy Configuration for AWS Config](https://community.observeinc.com/t/s3-bucket-policy-configuration-for-aws-config/223)

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**Author:** [@vijays](https://community.observeinc.com/u/vijays)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/s3-bucket-policy-configuration-for-aws-config/223 "2025-09-19T13:52:22Z")

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To support a scalable and secure multi-account AWS Config integration with Observe, AWS recommends delivering all Config data to a centralized S3 bucket. This setup simplifies observability and security management by con…

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## [How Metrics/Dimension Filters Are Handled in Observe’s AWS CloudFormation Integration](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-metrics-dimension-filters-are-handled-in-observe-s-aws-cloudformation-integration/194)

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**Author:** [@vijays](https://community.observeinc.com/u/vijays)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.observeinc.com/t/how-metrics-dimension-filters-are-handled-in-observe-s-aws-cloudformation-integration/194 "2025-09-12T15:49:45Z")

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Overview When setting up AWS metric collection in Observe via the Add Data UI, you can configure specific CloudWatch metric names and dimension filters (e.g., InstanceId, LoadBalancer) to narrow the scope of the data col…