You're reading from Infrastructure Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch Effectively optimize resource allocation, detect anomalies, and set automated actions on AWS

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800566057

Length 314 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Amazon CloudWatch

Concepts

Infrastructure Management

Author (1):

Ewere Diagboya

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction to Monitoring and Amazon CloudWatch

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Monitoring FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: CloudWatch Events and Alarms

4. Chapter 3: CloudWatch Logs, Metrics, and Dashboards

5. Section 2: AWS Services and Amazon CloudWatch

6. Chapter 4: Monitoring AWS Compute Services

7. Chapter 5: Setting Up Container Insights on Amazon CloudWatch

8. Chapter 6: Performance Insights for Database Services

9. Chapter 7: Monitoring Serverless Applications

10. Chapter 8: Using CloudWatch for Maintaining Highly Available Big Data Services

11. Chapter 9: Monitoring Storage Services with Amazon CloudWatch

12. Chapter 10: Monitoring Network Services

13. Chapter 11: Best Practices and Conclusion

14. Assessments

15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 3: CloudWatch Logs, Metrics, and Dashboards

In the previous chapter, we talked about Amazon CloudWatch Events, Amazon EventBridge, and CloudWatch alarms. We defined the meaning of CloudWatch Events and talked about the components that make up a CloudWatch event. We further explained the importance of CloudWatch Events and gave real-life scenarios. We created an example of an automated start and stop of an EC2 instance based on a specific time of day. This was done using the scheduled expression feature in Amazon CloudWatch Events. We explained CloudWatch alarms and why it is important to integrate an alarm system into your monitoring infrastructure. Then, we implemented a basic alarm solution that sends an email when the estimated AWS bill gets to a specific amount for that particular month.

These scenarios used for CloudWatch Events and CloudWatch alarms are the criteria for understanding the basics. In subsequent chapters, the alarms will be tied to more specific and...