Describe AWS monitoring and source accounts for AWS cross account

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 You'll need to have access to the AWS Management Console of both monitoring and source accounts.
 
+* Source AWS account(s): are individual AWS accounts that generate observability data for the resources that reside in them. Source accounts share their observability data with the monitoring account.
+* Monitoring AWS account: is a central AWS account that can view and interact with observability data generated from source accounts. It collects the telemetry from those accounts and pushes it to NR.
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 1. Go to the AWS management console of the monitoring account and copy the <DNT>**Monitoring accounts sink ARN**</DNT>. Follow these steps:
 
     - Go to <DNT>**CloudWatch > Settings**</DNT>.