AWS CloudWatch (Metrics, Logs, Alarms)

Learn how to monitor your AWS resources with metrics, logs, and alarms.

cloudwatch-config.json
{
"CloudWatch": {
"Metrics": "Enabled",
"Logs": "Enabled",
"Alarms": "Configured"
}
}
cloudwatch-config.json
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Pascual Vila

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AWS CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service that provides data and actionable insights for AWS, hybrid, and on-premises applications and infrastructure resources.

Metrics

CloudWatch Metrics are time-ordered data points that represent the performance of your AWS resources. AWS services send metrics to CloudWatch automatically, and you can also publish custom metrics.

Logs

CloudWatch Logs allows you to monitor, store, and access log files from AWS resources and applications. You can send logs from EC2 instances, Lambda functions, and other sources to CloudWatch Logs.

Alarms

CloudWatch Alarms monitor a single metric over a time period and perform one or more actions based on the value of the metric relative to a threshold. Alarms can trigger actions like sending notifications or performing Auto Scaling actions.

CloudWatch Glossary

CloudWatch
A monitoring and observability service that provides data and actionable insights for AWS, hybrid, and on-premises applications and infrastructure resources.
Metrics
Time-ordered data points that represent the performance of your AWS resources. AWS services send metrics to CloudWatch automatically, and you can also publish custom metrics.
CloudWatch Logs
Allows you to monitor, store, and access log files from AWS resources and applications. You can send logs from EC2 instances, Lambda functions, and other sources to CloudWatch Logs.
Alarms
Monitor a single metric over a time period and perform one or more actions based on the value of the metric relative to a threshold. Alarms can trigger actions like sending notifications or performing Auto Scaling actions.
Dashboards
Customizable home pages that you can use to monitor your resources in a single view. You can create dashboards with multiple widgets to visualize metrics and logs.