Observability in AWS

Difficulty: Intermediate

Duration: 2 minutes and 24 seconds

Students: 403

Rating: 5/5

In this lesson, we will explain the concept of observability in AWS.

Learning Objectives

What observability is
What AWS services can help you achieve observability
The open-source services you can use to gain insight into your systems

Intended Audience

This lesson has been created for those looking for an overview of the observability services in AWS, including native services like CloudWatch and X-Ray and the monitoring services built off of them, as well as open-source services like Grafana, Prometheus, and standards like OpenTelemetry.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should have a good understanding of the AWS ecosystem, including knowledge of compute services like ECS and EKS, Lambda, and EC2. Some familiarity with Amazon CloudWatch and AWS X-Ray will also help to better understand some of the practical parts of this lesson. If you’d like to take a lesson specifically on Amazon CloudWatch or X-Ray, feel free to check out the following lessons:

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