Monitoring on AWS

Introduction to Monitoring on Cloud, Introduction to AWS Cloud Watch

Learning Outcome

Earlier, we learned

Monitoring means continuous observation of system health

Prometheus collects metrics

Grafana visualizes metrics

Monitoring ensures availability and reliability

Hook/Story/Analogy(Slide 4)

Imagine you rent a fully furnished apartment.

Even though you don’t own the building, you still need CCTV and electricity monitoring to ensure everything works properly.

Transition from Analogy to Technical Concept(Slide 5)

In cloud computing, infrastructure is rented.

So monitoring must also be handled in a cloud-native way

What is Cloud Monitoring?

Cloud monitoring means observing:

• Cloud servers
   

• Cloud storage
   

• Cloud databases
   

• Cloud applications

Unlike traditional servers, cloud resources are:

• Dynamic
   

• Scalable
   

• Automatically created or deleted

What is Cloud Monitoring?

So monitoring must be:

• Automated
   

• Scalable
   

• Integrated with cloud services

Why Cloud Monitoring is Important?

In cloud environments:

• Instances can scale automatically
   

• Resources can change frequently
   

• Multiple services work together

Without monitoring:

• Resource overuse increases cost
   

• Failures go unnoticed
   

• Applications may go down

Cloud monitoring helps:

• Track performance
   

• Detect failures
   

• Control costs
   

• Improve availability

What is AWS CloudWatch?

Amazon Web Services provides a monitoring service called Amazon CloudWatch.

CloudWatch is a cloud-native monitoring and observability service used to monitor AWS resources and applications.

Core Concepts (Slide 7)

It helps monitor:

• EC2 instances
   

• RDS databases
   

• Lambda functions
   

• Load balancers
   

• Other AWS services

Why AWS CloudWatch is Needed?

In AWS:

• Infrastructure is managed by AWS
   

• You do not directly control hardware

CloudWatch helps by:

• Automatically collecting metrics
   

• Monitoring AWS services
   

• Triggering alerts when thresholds are crossedIt is built directly into AWS.

Key Features of CloudWatch

Core Concepts (Slide 7)

Core Concepts (Slide 7)

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