Summary

This chapter examined two of AWS’s most powerful monitoring tools for your AWS infrastructure and resources: Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail. These services are crucial in maintaining operational efficiency, ensuring security, and achieving compliance across AWS environments.

Amazon CloudWatch is a robust monitoring platform that offers comprehensive visibility into AWS resources and applications. It collects and tracks metrics, logs, and event data in real time, enabling administrators to oversee the operational health of AWS deployments efficiently. CloudWatch supports a range of functionalities, from basic metric collection and custom metrics to advanced log analysis and dashboard visualizations. These capabilities facilitate performance optimization, real-time incident response, and proactive system availability management.

AWS CloudTrail complements CloudWatch by providing a detailed audit trail of all actions taken within an AWS account. This service...