Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)

Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) is a DynamoDB-compatible caching service that enables you to benefit from fast in-memory performance for demanding applications. Amazon DynamoDB response times can be measured in single-digit milliseconds. If you require response times in microseconds, DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) delivers fast response times for accessing eventually consistent data. For more details, refer to the AWS documentation.

Log and metric types

• CloudWatch Metrics
• CloudTrail Logs

Setup

You can collect the logs and metrics for Sumo Logic's Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) integration by following the below steps.

Configure metrics collection

• Collect CloudWatch Metrics with namespace AWS/DAX using the AWS Kinesis Firehose for Metrics source. For AWS/DAX metrics and dimensions, refer to Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) CloudWatch metrics.

Configure logs collection

• Collect AWS CloudTrail Logs using AWS CloudTrail source. Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) is integrated with AWS CloudTrail, a service that provides a record of actions taken by a user, role, or AWS service in DAX.