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Cloudwatch Overview

What is Cloud Watch:

  • Monitoring and Management tool
  • Metrics (High usage)
  • Alerts
  • Logs
  • Triggers events

References:

flowchart TD
    subgraph CW[CloudWatch]
        Metrics[Metrics]
        Alarms[Alarms]
        Logs[Logs]
    end
    
    EC2[EC2 Instances] -->|Send Data| CW
    S3[S3 Buckets] -->|Send Data| CW
    DB[(Databases)] -->|Send Data| CW
    
    CW -->|Notify| Admin((Admin))
    CW -->|Trigger| Actions[Automated Actions]
    
    style CW fill:#FF4F8B,stroke:#000,stroke-width:2px
    style Metrics fill:#lightgray
    style Alarms fill:#lightgray
    style Logs fill:#lightgray

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