Monitoring and Analytics

Question 1

What is 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

What are CloudWatch alarms

Answer 2

alarms that automatically perform actions if the value of your metric has gone above or below a predefined threshold

Question 3

What is the CloudWatch dashboard

Answer 3

enables you to access all the metrics for your resources from a single location

Question 4

What is AWS CloudTrail

Answer 4

records API calls for your account

Question 5

What 3 things does AWS CloudTrail capture

Answer 5

-Identity of the API caller

-Time of the API call

-Source IP address of the API caller

Question 6

What are CloudTrail Insights

Answer 6

optional feature automatically detect unusual API activities in your AWS account

Question 7

What is AWS Trusted Advisor

Answer 7

a web service that inspects your AWS environment and provides real-time recommendations in accordance with AWS best practices

Question 8

Trusted Advisor compares its findings to AWS best practices in 5 categories

Answer 8

-cost optimization
-performance
-security
-fault tolerance
-service limits