AWS CloudWatch

What is AWS CloudWatch?

Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service for AWS resources and applications. It collects and tracks metrics, monitors log files, and sets alarms based on thresholds to keep your infrastructure running smoothly.

Features of AWS CloudWatch:

• Monitoring Metrics: Tracks resource usage, application performance, and operational health.
• Alarms: Notifies you when a metric exceeds a defined threshold.
• Logs: Aggregates and analyzes log data from different AWS services.
• Dashboards: Provides visual insights into your AWS environment.
• Events: Detects system changes and responds automatically.

CloudWatch Alarm Example (Monitoring CPU Usage)

This repository contains a guide on how to launch an EC2 instance and set up CloudWatch alarms to monitor CPU utilization.

Steps to Set Up an Alarm:

1. Launch an EC2 instance in AWS.
2. Enable CloudWatch monitoring in the instance settings.
3. Create an alarm to notify when CPU usage exceeds 60% for 5 minutes.
4. Receive notifications via Amazon SNS when the threshold is breached.

For detailed step-by-step instructions, refer to the included "Launch an EC2 Instance.pdf".