title: AWS RDS: CPU Credits
agents: aws
catalog: cloud/aws
license: GPLv2
distribution: check_mk
description:
 This check monitors the

 - CPU Credit Usage

 - CPU Credit Balance

 - Burst Balance

 of RDS instances. The reported values for the CPU credit usage
 correspond to intervals of 5 minutes.

 To make this check work you have to configure the related
 special agent {Amazon Web Services (AWS)}.

 No default levels are set. Lower levels for the CPU credit usage
 and the burst balance can be set via the rule "AWS/RDS CPU Credits".

item:
 Name of the instance and region name (to avoid duplicate services
 in case of multi-region monitoring).

discovery:
 One service is created for each database if all required metrics
 (CPUCreditUsage, CPUCreditBalance) are given.
