---
title: Host data enrichments
description: Monitor host-level metrics and processes for your hosts, including AWS EC2 instances and Azure Virtual Machines, using Coralogix OpenTelemetry integrations and AWS CloudWatch.
url: https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/infrastructure-explorer/host-data-enrichment/
product: infra-monitoring
feature: Infrastructure Explorer
feature_id: infrastructure-explorer
feature_identifier: infra-monitoring/infrastructure-explorer
last_updated: '2026-07-06'
---

# Host data enrichments

## Host metrics

The OpenTelemetry agent includes a built-in `hostMetrics` preset, which is enabled by default. This gives you:

* CPU, memory, disk, and network metrics from your hosts, including AWS EC2 instances and Azure Virtual Machines
* Visibility into system health without any additional setup

### Extended metrics with AWS CloudWatch

For deeper metrics coverage, use the AWS CloudWatch Metrics Connector:

* Metrics are pulled every 10 minutes by default (adjustable for cost control)
* Metric definitions and tags are refreshed every 5 minutes
* Ideal for compliance, auditing, or environments with scale constraints

For near real-time updates, switch to a Firehose-based integration.

Note

[AWS CloudWatch Metric](https://coralogix.com/docs/integrations/aws/aws-cloudwatch/aws-metrics-via-cloudwatch.md) ingestion counts toward your usage quota.

## Host process

To see which processes are running on your hosts, enable this manually in your OpenTelemetry agent configuration:

```
hostMetrics:

  enabled: true

  process:

    enabled: true  # Enables collection of host processes
```

## Next steps

Ensure your instrumented applications forward telemetry to the Coralogix agent by following [Configure applications to send telemetry](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/infrastructure-explorer/configure-application-telemetry.md).

## Related resources

* [Getting started with host monitoring](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/infrastructure-explorer/getting-started-host-monitoring.md)
* [Kubernetes enrichment options](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/infrastructure-explorer/kubernetes-enrichment-options.md)
* [Explore your infrastructure](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/infrastructure-explorer/explore-infra.md)