AWS Essentials - Part 4 [ Management Tools in AWS ]

AWS offers a wide set of services for IT and System administrators to seamlessly manage and monitor -

• Infrastructure logs and metrics using alarms and real-time dashboards.
• Hybrid infrastructure resources

AWS also allows to track, monitor, and enforce security and compliance.

Services

• Amazon EC2 Systems Manager: Configure and Manage EC2 Instances and On-premises Servers
• AWS CloudTrail: Track User Activity and API Usage
• AWS Config: Track Resource Inventory and Changes
• AWS Service Catalog: Create and Use Standardized Products
• AWS Personal Health Dashboard: Personalized view of AWS service health
• Amazon CloudWatch: Monitor Resources and Applications
• AWS Cloud Formation: Create and Manage Resources with Templates
• AWS OpsWorks: Automate Operations with Chef
• AWS Trusted Advisor: Optimize Performance and Security

Amazon CloudWatch

Understand Cloudwatch by viewing this video.

Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring service designed for AWS cloud resources and the applications operate on AWS. Amazon CloudWatch can be used to:

• Automatically react to changes in AWS resources.
• Collect, monitor log files, and set alarms
• Collect and track metrics

Attain system-wide visibility into operational health, application performance, and resource utilization.

Amazon CloudWatch monitors AWS resources such as

• Amazon RDS DB instances
• Amazon DynamoDB tables
• Amazon EC2 instances
• Custom metrics or logs created by services and applications

Amazon CloudTrail

AWS CloudTrail is a service that allows risk auditing, operational auditing, compliance, and governance of AWS account.

• Routinely monitor and retain events specific to API calls throughout the AWS infrastructure.
• Offers history of AWS API calls for your account, which includes API calls done through the AWS SDKs, AWS Management Console, command-line tools, and various AWS services.
• Reduces troubleshooting, security analysis, and resource change tracking.

Benefits:

• Security Automation
• Visibility Into User and Resource Activity
• Security Analysis and Troubleshooting
• Simplified Compliance