10. CloudWatch Metrics
Spring Cloud AWS provides Spring Boot auto-configuration for Micrometer CloudWatch integration.
To send metrics to CloudWatch add a dependency to spring-cloud-aws-actuator module:
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-cloud-aws-actuator</artifactId>
</dependency>Additionally CloudWatch integration requires a value provided for management.metrics.export.cloudwatch.namespace configuration property.
Following configuration properties are available to configure CloudWatch integration:
| property | default | description | 
|---|---|---|
| management.metrics.export.cloudwatch.namespace | The namespace which will be used when sending metrics to CloudWatch. This property is needed and must not be null. | |
| management.metrics.export.cloudwatch.enabled | true | If CloudWatch integration should be enabled. This property should be likely set to  | 
| management.metrics.export.cloudwatch.step | 1m | The interval at which metrics are sent to CloudWatch. The default is 1 minute. |