tomkingchen / directconnectmonitor

Python Script to deploy EC2 instance for DirectConnect Monitoring

DirectConnectMonitor

AWS Direct Connect Monitor

The script deploys a EC2 instance into each AWS VPC that has subnets connect to company's on premise network.

Deploy DX Monitor Instances

Log into your Master AWS Account.

Distribute NetworkMonitorRole.yaml with CloudFormation StackSet.

Run dxteser.py with Python3. The script creates a EC2 instance in target AWS account with connection to your on premise network. The target accounts should be provided in account.csv file. The CSV content looks like below.

accountid
123456789011
123456789012

The script checks existing stacks and output the instances IP to beacon-ec2.csv. The CSV file then can be used to create/update PRTG sensors.

Create or Update PRTG Sensors

Install PrtgAPI from https://github.com/lordmilko/PrtgAPI.

Run Connect-PrtgServer -Server prtg.contoso.com to connect to PRTG

Run add-dxmonitors.ps1 against beacon-ec2.csv to create or update the PRTG sensors.

NetworkMonitorRole.yaml

Stack to provision the Cross Account Role in all target accounts. The role is distributed by CloudFormation StackSet. Change this template to add or revoke permissions.

ec2.yaml

Stack to provision the beacon EC2 instance. The instace hosts a simple http site and allows for HTTP and ICMP sensor monitoring from PRTG