How do I reduce the number of AWS API calls from Evident Monitoring?
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Created On 09/26/18 13:45 PM - Last Modified 07/19/22 23:08 PM
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How do I reduce the number of AWS API calls from Evident Monitoring?
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There are typically 3 ways to reduce the number of AWS API calls made by Evident Monitoring:
- Increase the scan interval for specific services to lower the overall number of API calls. You can configure the scan interval from Evident Monitoring Web, go to Control Panel -> External Accounts -> Scan Interval. Increasing the scan interval will reduce the overall number of API calls, but this will not reduce the number of API calls made per scan cycle.
- Disable signatures that you do not need. You can disable signatures by going to Control Panel -> Disabled Signatures (https://esp.evident.io/control_panel/disabled_signatures). Evident Monitoring will not run any disabled signatures; however, do note that existing alerts may take up to an hour to end.
- Reduce the number of AWS assets. For certain services, the number of assets (e.g. EC2 instances, EBS Volumes) is proportional to the number of API calls that Evident Monitoring makes. Cleaning up unused assets can lower the number of API calls made per scan cycle.