How to tag CloudWatch custom metrics generated by ECS Container Insights?

Question

While CloudWatch custom metrics from EC2 detailed monitoring inherit tags from the source EC2 instance, those from ECS Container Insights do not inherit tags from ECS services, at least not by default. I would like to have tags in order to help categorize CloudWatch costs. Is there any way to enable inheriting them from ECS or add them somehow?

user3738870 on SO 5 months ago

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- user3738870 on SO 5 months ago

Posting it here for greater visibility and hopeful that an there's an answer

Accepted Answer

Hi,
thank you for bringing this question up for greater visibility.

Metrics are not AWS resources, and as such they cannot be tagged. When you navigate to Cost Explorer and break down your CloudWatch detailed monitoring costs by tag, a special treatment is applied to EC2, which is not applicable to resources from other services.

May I suggest that you ask for an enhancement if you need this feature? You can do so through support (preferably) or by sending feedback from the console.

Answer

Hello,

This doc may have some better insight to your ask: https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/cloudwatch-container-insights-ecs. If needed, our Support team would be more than happy to assist with any additional questions, feel free to reach out here: go.aws/support-center.

— Elle G.

How to tag CloudWatch custom metrics generated by ECS Container Insights?

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