Cloudwatch Flashcards
1
Q
What metrics available for EC2 instances?
A
CPU
Disk
Network
Status Check (instances and host level (vm and host))
2
Q
Cloudwatch events
A
help you respond to changes in AWS resources
ex invoke Lambda function
3
Q
Cloudwatch Logs
A
let you monitor instances at the application level (apache logs, kernel logs, etc)
requires agent installed on instance
4
Q
Length of standard monitoring
A
5 minutes
5
Q
Length of detailed monitoring
A
1 minute
6
Q
Main things to do with CloudWatch
A
Create: dashboards alarms events logs
7
Q
CloudWatch vs Cloud Trail
A
Cloudwatch for logging, monitoring
Cloudtrail for auditing accounts
