24 April 2017

AWS CloudWatch

  • AWS CloudWatch monitors AWS resources and applications in real-time.

  • CloudWatch can be used to collect and track metrics, which are the variables to be measured for resources and applications.

  • CloudWatch alarms can be configured
    • to send notifications or
    • to automatically make changes to the resources based on defined rules

  • In addition to monitoring the built-in metrics that come with AWS, custom metrics can also be monitored

  • CloudWatch provides system-wide visibility into resource utilization, application performance, and operational health.

  • By default, CloudWatch stores the log data indefinitely, and the retention can be changed for each log group at any time

  • CloudWatch Alarm history is stored for only 14 days

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