Update cloudwatch documentation

Mention that some metrics are available only at larger intervals than 5
minutes.  Update dead links to new locations and example config.

closes #1907
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Daniel Nelson
2017-05-08 11:29:26 -07:00
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@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) SampleConfig() string {
# The minimum period for Cloudwatch metrics is 1 minute (60s). However not all
# metrics are made available to the 1 minute period. Some are collected at
# 3 minute and 5 minutes intervals. See https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/faqs/#monitoring.
# 3 minute, 5 minute, or larger intervals. See https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/faqs/#monitoring.
# Note that if a period is configured that is smaller than the minimum for a
# particular metric, that metric will not be returned by the Cloudwatch API
# and will not be collected by Telegraf.