Section 4: The Monitoring, Metrics, and Backup Layers
In the last part of the book, to add robustness to the infrastructure, we start to add the monitoring layer by using CloudWatch to monitor any high CPU, memory, and input/output (I/O) usage. We then look at how to push logs to the remote location (CloudWatch logs) and then transfer them to Elasticsearch/Kibana to get meaningful metrics out of these logs. Finally, we add the most critical piece, which is the backup layer, to make sure that we have data to restore in the event of a disaster.
The following chapters are included in this section:
- Chapter 8, Monitoring AWS Services Using CloudWatch and SNS
- Chapter 9, Centralizing Logs for Analysis
- Chapter 10, Centralizing Cloud Backup Solution
- Chapter 11, AWS Disaster Recovery Solutions
- Chapter 12, AWS Tips and Tricks
