This php-based tool will pull metrics from Amazon Cloudwatch and insert them into InfluxDB. It is meant to be scheduled in cron.
{ "Version": "2015-02-06", "Statement": [ { "Sid": "Stmt1406686005000", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics", "cloudwatch:ListMetrics" ], "Resource": [ "*" ] } ] }