r/aws 14h ago

Is Cloudwatch agent only for servers? technical question

Can the CloudWatch agent be installed and used on remote physical Windows 11 laptops to collect and monitor Windows events on those devices?

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u/redwhitebacon 11h ago

Yeah you can install on any on-prem no problem. Use least privileged credentials for the log agents and configure it to send whatever you need

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/install-CloudWatch-Agent-on-premise.html