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AWS SysOps Cookbook

You're reading from   AWS SysOps Cookbook Practical recipes to build, automate, and manage your AWS-based cloud environments

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2019
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ISBN-13 9781838550189
Length 490 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Eric Z. Beard Eric Z. Beard
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Rowan Udell Rowan Udell
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Lucas Chan Lucas Chan
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. AWS Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER 2. Account Setup and Management 3. AWS Storage and Content Delivery 4. AWS Compute 5. Monitoring the Infrastructure 6. Managing AWS Databases 7. AWS Networking Essentials 8. AWS Account Security and Identity 9. Managing Costs 10. Advanced AWS CloudFormation 11. AWS Well-Architected Framework 12. Working with Business Applications 13. AWS Partner Solutions 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Monitoring the Infrastructure

As with all administration, monitoring is a critical part of using AWS. Due to the ephemeral nature of cloud resources, and the ability to quickly provision large numbers of new resources, keeping track of and measuring your usage is even more important than when using on-premises systems.

One of the greatest benefits of the cloud is its ability to spin up new resources with the click of a button, or by the use of automation scripts and auto-scaling to create new resources in response to the greater load on the system. However, this advantage can come at a cost if you are not carefully monitoring the infrastructure. As an administrator, you will need to keep a close eye on the cost associated with resource usage, and you will be tasked with providing a view of key performance indicators (KPIs) for your business. This chapter will provide you with...

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