Analytics & Monitoring Flashcards
1
Q
What is Cloud Watch used for?
A
Cloud Watch is used to monitor and manage metrics
2
Q
What is Cloud Watch’s 2 main offerings?
A
Cloud Watch has 2 main offerings:
- A dashboard to monitor and manage metrics
- An alarm that performs an action when a metric goes above/below a threshold
3
Q
Give an example of what a Cloud Watch alarm could be used to notify?
A
A Cloud Watch alarm that automatically stops an EC2 instance when the CPU utilization goes below a certain threshold
4
Q
What should you use to record API calls?
A
Cloud Trail should be used to record API calls
5
Q
What would a user enable to automatically detect unusual API activities?
A
Cloud Trail Insights
6
Q
What should you use to get real time recommendations in line with best practices?
A
Trusted Advisor