Using Console
Using CLI
aws ec2 describe-instances
command to list all EC2 instances in the default region, and the aws ec2 monitor-instances
command to enable detailed monitoring for each instance.$(aws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[].Instances[].InstanceId' --output text)
with a comma-separated list of instance IDs.aws ec2 describe-instances
command to list the monitoring state for each instance.If the monitoring state is disabled
, wait a few minutes and run the command again to verify that it has been enabled.By following these steps, you can remediate the “Detailed Monitoring for EC2 Instances Should Be Enabled” misconfiguration for AWS using AWS CLI.Using Python
monitor_instances
method of the EC2 client.
describe_instances
method.