What is Amazon CloudWatch?

This lesson provides detail on the AWS Management & Governance services relevant to the AWS Certified Developer - Associate exam.

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Learning Objectives

• Learn how AWS AppConfig can reduce errors in configuration changes and prevent application downtime
• Understand how the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) can be used to model and provision application resources using common programming languages
• Get a high-level understanding of Amazon CloudWatch
• Learn about the features and use cases of the service
• Create your own CloudWatch dashboard to monitor the items that are important to you
• Understand how CloudWatch dashboards can be shared across accounts
• Understand the cost structure of CloudWatch dashboards and the limitations of the service
• Review how monitored metrics go into an ALARM state
• Learn about the challenges of creating CloudWatch Alarms and the benefits of using machine learning in alarm management
• Know how to create a CloudWatch Alarm using Anomaly Detection
• Learn what types of metrics are suitable for use with Anomaly Detection
• Create your own CloudWatch log subscription
• Learn how AWS CloudTrail enables auditing and governance of your AWS account
• Understand how Amazon CloudWatch Logs enables you to monitor and store your system, application, and custom log files
• Explain what AWS CloudFormation is and what it’s used for
• Determine the benefits of AWS CloudFormation
• Understand what each of the core components are and what they are used for
• Create a CloudFormation Stack using an existing AWS template
• Learn what VPC flow logs are and what they are used for
• Determine options for operating programmatically with AWS, including the AWS CLI, APIs, and SDKs
• Learn about the capabilities of AWS Systems Manager for managing applications and infrastructure
• Understand how AWS Secrets Manager can be used to securely encrypt application secrets