Cloud Monitoring Flashcards
What CloudWhatch Metrics are used for?
For monitoring the performance of AWS services and billing metrics
What CloudWhatch Alarms are used for?
Are used to automate notifications, perform EC2 action, to do auto-scaling and to notify SNS based on a metric
What CloudWhatch Logs are used for?
Are used to collect log files from EC2 instances, on-premises servers, lamba functions or anything that generates logs in AWS.
What CloudWatch Events are used for and what other name is used to identify this service?
Used to react to events in AWS or trigger a rule on a schedule, it is also known as EventBridge
What CloudTrail is used for?
For auditing API calls made within an AWS account
What X-Ray is used for?
Used to trace requests made through distributed applications, in other words debugging
What is the Service Health Dashboard?
A dashboard that shows the status of all AWS services across all regions
What is the Personal Health Dashboard?
A dashboard that shows AWS events that impact an account’s infrastructure
Which CloudWatch feature would you use to trigger notifications when a metric reaches a threshold you specify?
a) CloudWatch Events
b) CloudWatch Logs
c) CloudWatch Alarms
d) CloudWatch Triggers
c) CloudWatch Alarms
The CloudWatch Alarms feature allows you to watch CloudWatch metrics and to receive notifications when the metrics fall outside of the levels (high or low thresholds) that you configure.
Which AWS service helps developers analyze and debug production as well as distributed applications?
a) CloudWatch
b) X-Ray
c) Service Health Dashboard
d) CloudTrail
b) X-Ray
AWS X-Ray helps developers analyze and debug production, distributed applications, such as those built using a microservices architecture.
Which AWS service provides alerts and remediation guidance when AWS is experiencing events that may impact you?
a) Service Health Dashboard
b) CloudWatch
c) Personal Health Dashboard
d) CloudTrail
c) Personal Health Dashboard
AWS Personal Health Dashboard provides alerts and remediation guidance when AWS is experiencing events that may impact you.
You need to set up metrics monitoring for every service in AWS. Which service would you use?
a) CloudTrail
b) X-Ray
c) CloudWatch
d) Personal Health Dashboard
c) CloudWatch
Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring service for AWS, cloud resources and the applications you run on AWS. You can use Amazon CloudWatch to collect and track metrics, collect and monitor log files, and set alarms.
Which service allows you to inspect, audit, and record events and API calls made within your AWS account?
a) X-Ray
b) CloudWatch
c) CloudTrail
c) CloudTrail
AWS CloudTrail is a web service that records activity made on your account and delivers log files to your Amazon S3 bucket. AWS CloudTrail is a service that enables governance, compliance, operational auditing, and risk auditing of your AWS account.
How would you describe Amazon CloudWatch Logs?
a) A single, highly scalable service that centralizes the logs from all your systems, applications, and AWS services that you use
b) A service that provides a real-time stream of system events that describe changes in AWS resources
c) A service that enables governance, compliance, operational auditing, and risk auditing of your AWS account
d) A service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers
a) A single, highly scalable service that centralizes the logs from all your systems, applications, and AWS services that you use
You can use Amazon CloudWatch Logs to monitor, store, and access your log files from Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, AWS CloudTrail, Route 53, and other sources.
If a resource is deleted in AWS, which service should you use to investigate first?
a) CloudTrail
b) CloudWatch Logs
c) Personal Health Dashboard
a) CloudTrail
CloudTrail can record the history of events/API calls made within you AWS account, which will help determine who or what deleted the resource. You should investigate it first.
