Module 7

Question 1

Amazon CloudWatch

Answer 1

a web service that enables you to monitor and manage various metrics and configure alarm actions based on data from those metrics.

Question 2

AWS CloudTrail

Answer 2

records API calls for your account. The recorded information includes the identity of the API caller, the time of the API call, the source IP address of the API caller, and more. You can think of CloudTrail as a “trail” of breadcrumbs (or a log of actions) that someone has left behind them.

Question 3

AWS Trusted Advisor

Answer 3

a web service that inspects your AWS environment and provides real-time recommendations in accordance with AWS best practices. Trusted Advisor compares its findings to AWS best practices in five categories: cost optimization, performance, security, fault tolerance, and service limits. For the checks in each category, Trusted Advisor offers a list of recommended actions and additional resources to learn more about AWS best practices