Cloudwatch Flashcards

1
Q

What does cloud watch do?

A

Allows you to monitor and react to events within your cloud.

Allows you to consolidate logging in one place.

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2
Q

What are the two versions of cloud watch?

A

Basic

Enhanced

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3
Q

In cloud watch. How often does basic monitoring refresh?

A

Every five minutes.

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4
Q

In cloud watch. With enhanced monitoring. How often does data refresh?

A

Every minute.

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5
Q

How is cloudwatch enhanced priced?

A

By region
By dashboard
By metrics used

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6
Q

What does cloudwatch alarms do?

A

Trigger actions when set conditions are met.

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7
Q

By default. Cloudwatch is able to monitor memory and disk usage of an EC2 instance?

A

False.

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8
Q

In cloudwatch dashboards. Graphing is highly customisable?

A

True.

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9
Q

Alarms send notifications via

A

SNS

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10
Q

What does Unified Cloud Watch Agent do?

A

Collects additional data from EC2 and Linux instances

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11
Q

Steps required to install unified cloudwatch agent

A

Create a role and add it to the instance
Install
Configure with SSM

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12
Q

Two types of roles are required to install the unified cloudwatch agent. They are…

A
  1. To install the agent and send data

2. To communicate with the parameter store in SSM

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13
Q

EC2 instances. Being monitored by the unified cloud watch agent require access to the internet. True or false?

A

True.

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