ElastiCache Insights Arrives for ElastiCache for Valkey: A Ready-Made Dashboard!
Hi everyone, it's Shii-chan! Wouldn't it be nice to see your cache health at a glance? That's today's news!
AWS What's New
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What was announced?
According to AWS What's New, Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey now has ElastiCache Insights, a pre-built Amazon CloudWatch dashboard for node-based clusters.
What changes
Cluster health, memory, compute, network, command throughput, latency, keyspace, and errors come together in one view, built on OpenTelemetry metrics that ElastiCache publishes automatically.
- Check cache health across a Region at a glance
- Detect when a node nears its memory, network, or connection limits
- Filter by cluster, shard, node, or Availability Zone
- Save a copy as the starting point for a custom dashboard
Dive Deep
With detailed monitoring, you can choose to publish metrics every 15 seconds and view them on the Metrics tab or in a custom dashboard. CloudWatch pricing for OpenTelemetry metrics applies to detailed monitoring, so keep that in mind.
To get started, do either of these:
- Open the Metrics tab for a cluster in the ElastiCache console and choose View in ElastiCache Insights
- Choose ElastiCache Insights under Infrastructure Monitoring in the CloudWatch console
It is available for node-based Valkey clusters in AWS Regions where CloudWatch supports OpenTelemetry metrics.
Wrap-up
- A pre-built CloudWatch dashboard for ElastiCache for Valkey
- Key metrics in one view, with limit warnings easy to spot
- Detailed monitoring at 15-second intervals, billed under CloudWatch pricing
- For node-based Valkey clusters
Great for anyone running Valkey caches who found building dashboards tedious!
