Simple Python script to collect and publish hardware metrcis
Using a cron rule:
*/5 * * * * run_as /usr/sbin/aws-hw-metrics -hddtd 7634 -ns Namespace -o /tmp/lastmetrics.json -last /tmp/lastmetrics.json -p
Adapt run_as and Namespace to your need.
To track your hdd temperature, run hddtemp in daemon mode:
$ hddtemp /dev/sd* -d
And specify the port with -hddtd, 7634 by default.
Add -p or --publish.
Make sure the run_as user has aws credentials set up.
[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-files.html]
-o and -last are used to save and load metrics files respectively. The later is required to compute the disk and network delta usage