Monitoring AWS with CloudWatch

Introduction

• Debugging and monitoring using AWS CloudWatch
• What should you know

1. Monitoring Services Using CloudWatch Metrics

• What is CloudWatch?
• CloudWatch metrics
• Analyze CloudWatch metrics
• Using custom metrics
• Challenge: Push custom metrics to CloudWatch
• Solution: Push custom metrics to CloudWatch

2. Logging Using CloudWatch

• Logs on CloudWatch
• Query logs for insights
• Create log metrics
• Using the CloudWatch agent
• Setting up the CloudWatch agent on Windows
• Setting up the CloudWatch agent on Linux
• Challenge: Create custom CloudWatch metrics
• Solution: Create custom CloudWatch metrics

3. Notifying and Automating Using CloudWatch Alarms

• CloudWatch alarm capabilities
• Getting notified on metrics
• Autoscaling using alarms
• Challenge: Create CloudWatch alarms
• Solution: Create CloudWatch alarms

4. Interconnecting Services Using CloudWatch Events

• Events overview
• Responding to events
• Scheduling events
• Managing event bus permissions
• Challenge: Trigger Lambda functions using events
• Solution: Trigger Lambda functions using events

5. Monitoring the Web Using CloudWatch Synthetics

• Discovering CloudWatch Synthetics capabilities
• Monitoring application heartbeat using Synthetics canaries
• Monitoring API endpoints using Synthetics canaries
• Using alarms with Synthetics canaries to get notified about application issues
• Challenge: Monitor APIs and set alarms using CloudWatch canaries
• Solution: Monitor APIs and set alarms using CloudWatch canaries

6. Monitoring Application Health Using ServiceLens

• ServiceLens overview
• Launching an X-ray instrumented demo application
• Analyzing application health data
• Challenge: Set up an X-ray instrumented application and monitor it via ServiceLens
• Solution: Set up an X-ray instrumented application and monitor it via ServiceLens

Conclusion

• Next steps for AWS with CloudWatch