Install the Ansible role gavika.aws_cloudwatchagent via Galaxy ansible-galaxy install gavika.aws_cloudwatchagent Create The Playbook File - cw-play.yml : --- - hosts: all become: true vars: roles: - role: gavika.aws_cloudwatchagent Prepare the AWS CloudWatch Agent configuration In your variables file, use aws_cloudwatch_agent_config agent: metrics_collection_interval: 60 run_as_user: "cwagent" metrics: namespace: "Gavika" append_dimensions: InstanceId: "${aws:InstanceId}" metrics_collected: disk: measurement: - used_percent metrics_collection_interval: 60 resources: - "*" mem: measurement: - mem_used_percent metrics_collection_interval: 60 In this example, I am using the namespace, Gavika.