7 - Monitoring And Analytics

Question 1

Cloud watch

Answer 1

Allows you to monitor infrastructure and apps in real time, tracking and monitoring metrics

Alarm - threshold for metrics, create alert and trigger action, can send text
Dashboard - near real time, auto refresh when opened
Benefits - single location, reduce time to resolution, visibility across apps/infrastructure/services

Question 2

Cloud trail

Answer 2

API auditing tool, records who made request, which operator, when, where it came from, IP address, response

Can save in S3 buckets

Question 3

Trusted advisor

Answer 3

Automated advisor, evaluates against 5 pillars, runs in real time, compiles items for you to look at based on best practices, view in console, some checks are free

Question 4

Trusted advisor 5 pillars

Answer 4

Cost optimization - underutilized/idle instance
Performance -
Security - weak password, MFA, security groups
Fault tolerance - EBS without snapshot (backup)
Service limit - approaching/hitting limit