Documentation Plugins Infinity data source Examples AWS

AWS API

Connect the Infinity data source to AWS management APIs to query metrics, list resources, and retrieve cost data.

Before you begin

• Create an AWS IAM user with programmatic access
• Note down your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key
• Assign appropriate IAM permissions for the APIs you want to query (for example, CloudWatch ReadOnly, Cost Explorer ReadOnly)

Configure the data source

1. In Grafana, navigate to Connections > Data sources.

2. Click Add new data source and select Infinity.

3. Expand the Authentication section and select AWS.

4. Configure the following settings:

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   Setting	Description	Example
   Region	AWS region for your resources	us-east-1
   Service	AWS service identifier	monitoring
   Access Key	Your IAM access key ID	KEY...
   Secret Key	Your IAM secret access key	(stored securely)

5. In Allowed hosts, enter your AWS endpoint (for example, https://monitoring.us-east-1.amazonaws.com).

6. Click Save & test.

Common AWS service identifiers

Query examples

List CloudWatch metrics

1. Set the URL to:

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   https://monitoring.us-east-1.amazonaws.com?Action=ListMetrics&Version=2010-08-01

2. Set Type to XML (AWS returns XML by default).

3. Set Parser to Backend.

4. Set the Root selector to extract the metrics array.

CloudWatch metrics with UQL

Use UQL to transform and filter the AWS XML response:

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parse-xml
| scope "ListMetricsResponse.ListMetricsResult.Metrics.member"
| project "Namespace", "MetricName", "Dimensions"

List EC2 instances

URL:

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https://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com?Action=DescribeInstances&Version=2016-11-15

UQL query:

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parse-xml
| scope "DescribeInstancesResponse.reservationSet.item.instancesSet.item"
| project "InstanceId"="instanceId", "State"="instanceState.name", "Type"="instanceType"

Cost Explorer data

URL:

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https://ce.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

Method: POST

Body (JSON):

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{
  "TimePeriod": {
    "Start": "${__from:date:YYYY-MM-DD}",
    "End": "${__to:date:YYYY-MM-DD}"
  },
  "Granularity": "DAILY",
  "Metrics": ["UnBlendedCost"]
}

Provision the data source

Configure AWS authentication through provisioning:

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apiVersion: 1
datasources:
  - name: AWS Infinity
    type: yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource
    jsonData:
      auth_method: aws
      aws:
        region: us-east-1
        service: monitoring
      allowedHosts:
        - https://monitoring.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
    secureJsonData:
      awsAccessKey: YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
      awsSecretKey: YOUR_SECRET_KEY

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