Unified CloudWatch Agent = single agent for:
- Metrics (like CPU, memory, disk)
- Logs (CloudWatch Logs)
Before:
- One agent for metrics (old CloudWatch Agent)
- Another for logs (CloudWatch Logs Agent)
Now (Unified):
- One unified agent replaces both.
- Configurable via JSON or SSM Parameter Store.
- Supports StatsD, CollectD, EC2 and on-prem.