Monitoring & Analytics Flashcards
What is Amazon CloudWatch?
Web service that lets you monitor & manage various metrics & configure alarm actions based on metric data.
What are CloudWatch Alarms?
Alarms on CloudWatch that automatically perform actions if value of metric has gone above or below a predefined threshold.
You can also be notified about them when they are triggered.
What is the CloudWatch Dashboard?
Feature that lets you access all metrics for your resources in one location.
What is AWS CloudTrail?
Records API calls for AWS account which contain following of API call:
- Caller identity
- Time
- IP address source
- etc. . .
What service would detect that more than usual high number of EC2 instances have recently launched on your account?
CloudTrail Insights
What is CloudTrail Insights?
CloudTrail Option that allows it to automatically detect unusual IP activities in your AWS Account.
What is AWS Trusted Advisor?
Inspects your AWS environment & provides real-time recommendations as per AWS best practices.
What are the AWS Trusted Advisor categories?
- Cost Optimization
- Performance
- Security
- Fault Tolerance
- Service Limits
How does AWS Trusted Advisor help Performance?
Provides recommendations for how to take advantage of provisioned throughput.
How does AWS Trusted Advisor help Security?
Checks that review permissions & identify which AWS security feature to enable.
How does AWS Trusted Advisor help Cost Optimization?
Checks for unused or idle resources that could be eliminated & provide cost savings.
How does AWS Trusted Advisor help Fault Tolerance?
Checks to help improve an application’s availability & redundancy.
How does AWS Trusted Advisor help Service Limits?
Monitors your account usage against default or custom limits for various AWS services.
