Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights Gains Self-Managed PostgreSQL Support

CloudWatch Database Insights expanded monitoring to include self-managed PostgreSQL databases, providing unified visibility alongside AWS-managed databases.

By Sofia Reed · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-09-01 · 1 min read

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Retrospective edition: 2026-09-01. Source published: 2026-09-01. Added to this archive: 2026-11-03. This briefing was prepared later from the linked announcement; it was not published on this website on the historical edition date.

This enhancement enables collection of health and performance metrics from PostgreSQL instances running on Amazon EC2, using the CloudWatch agent. It aggregates key data like query statistics and host metrics in a single console alongside RDS and Aurora databases.

Users benefit from consistent workflows for monitoring and troubleshooting heterogeneous databases within an AWS environment. This unified view aids diagnosing performance bottlenecks across managed and self-managed PostgreSQL deployments, available in all AWS commercial regions.

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Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights now supports self-managed PostgreSQL ↗

Source published 2026-09-01. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.