Cloud Monitoring Flashcards
What is AWS CloudWatch used for?
- Collecting and visualizing specific metrics
- Setting alarms
- Monitoring the performance of AWS resources.
What is the purpose of AWS CloudTrail?
AWS CloudTrail is used to track actions across your AWS account, providing a log of who accessed what resources and what actions they performed.
How can tags be useful in managing AWS resources?
Tags can help group and visualize resources by project, environment, or owner, making it easier to manage and monitor resources, especially in complex environments.
What is AWS Systems Manager and how does it use tags?
AWS Systems Manager is a service that can group resources using tags and take automated actions on these resource groups. It also includes features like Systems Manager Parameter Store for securely storing encrypted secrets.
What is the AWS Health Dashboard used for?
The AWS Health Dashboard provides information about the health of AWS services and resources, and can send automated alerts or take actions when services are offline due to outages.
What does AWS Trusted Advisor do?
AWS Trusted Advisor provides best practice advice for optimizing AWS environments. It offers basic checks for free, with advanced checks available through a more advanced support plan.
What is the role of AWS Config in auditing?
AWS Config allows you to set rules and check configurations across your account. It sends data to Trusted Advisor and services like Audit Manager, which produce audit reports.
What is the benefit of using AWS Config along with Audit Manager?
Using AWS Config along with Audit Manager allows you to set rules, check configurations, and produce detailed audit reports, helping to ensure compliance and best practices in your AWS environment.
How can the AWS Well-Architected Tool help you?
The AWS Well-Architected Tool helps you assess your workloads against best practices and the six pillars of the Well-Architected Framework, providing insights to improve your architecture.
What is Amazon Connect?
Amazon Connect is a cloud-based call center service that allows you to set up and manage a customer contact center.
How can the AWS Health Dashboard be configured to improve operational efficiency?
The AWS Health Dashboard can be configured to send automated alerts or trigger actions when certain AWS services experience outages, helping to maintain operational efficiency.
What advanced features does AWS Systems Manager offer for resource management?
AWS Systems Manager offers features like automated actions on resource groups and secure storage of encrypted secrets through the Systems Manager Parameter Store.
What is Amazon WorkSpaces?
Amazon WorkSpaces is a service that allows you to provision secure remote desktops for a distributed workforce.
How does AWS CloudTrail ensure accountability in your AWS account?
AWS CloudTrail records all API calls and actions taken by users, services, and applications in your AWS account, ensuring a trail of actions that can be audited for accountability.
What are CloudWatch Alarms and how are they used?
CloudWatch Alarms are used to automatically trigger actions based on specified metrics, such as sending notifications or executing automated processes when thresholds are crossed.
