CloudWatch.md

CloudWatch

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• Useful Links:

  • AWS Services That Publish CloudWatch Metrics
  • Amazon S3 Server Access Log Format

• Exam Tips:

  • Namespace = Container for metrics e.g. AWS/EC2 or AWS/Lambda
  • Datapoint = Timestamp, value (optional) unit or measure.
  • Metric = Time ordered set of data points.
  • Alarms = Defined normal threshold conditions that can then take action based on the normal threshold being breached. CloudWatch Logs:
    • Public service used to store, monitor, and access logging data.
    • AWS, on-premise, IOT or any application.
    • CWAgent.
    • Route 53 Logging:
      • Only works for public hosted zones.
    • S3 Logging.