Explore cloud provider’s monitoring tool (AWS Cloudwatch)

Before diving into the week’s material, it’s crucial to familiarize yourself with AWS CloudWatch, Amazon’s monitoring and observability service. CloudWatch provides actionable insights to monitor applications, respond to system-wide performance changes, optimize resource utilization, and get a unified view of operational health.

Why AWS CloudWatch?

1. Comprehensive Monitoring: Provides a wide array of metrics for various AWS services.
2. Alerting: Ability to set custom alerts based on thresholds or conditions.
3. Log Management: Aggregate, monitor, and store logs.
4. Custom Dashboards: Create custom dashboards to visualize metrics and trends.

Tasks

1. Log in to AWS Management Console: If you haven’t already, sign in to your AWS account.
2. Navigate to CloudWatch: Once logged in, find CloudWatch under the “Services” dropdown.
3. Explore Metrics: Under the “Metrics” tab, explore the different namespaces and metrics available.
4. Check out Dashboards: Go to the “Dashboards” section and look at any default dashboards.