Cloudwatch

Question 1

What metrics available for EC2 instances?

Answer 1

CPU
Disk
Network
Status Check (instances and host level (vm and host))

Question 2

Cloudwatch events

Answer 2

help you respond to changes in AWS resources

ex invoke Lambda function

Question 3

Cloudwatch Logs

Answer 3

let you monitor instances at the application level (apache logs, kernel logs, etc)

requires agent installed on instance

Question 4

Length of standard monitoring

Answer 4

5 minutes

Question 5

Length of detailed monitoring

Answer 5

1 minute

Question 6

Main things to do with CloudWatch

Answer 6

Create:
dashboards
alarms
events
logs

Question 7

CloudWatch vs Cloud Trail

Answer 7

Cloudwatch for logging, monitoring

Cloudtrail for auditing accounts