AWS for DevOps: Monitoring, Metrics, and Logging

Learn about instrumenting production AWS applications. Explore topics from the Monitoring Metrics and Logging domain of the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional exam.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Exercise files
• What you should know and using cloud services

1. Monitoring Approaches

• Monitor approaches
• Outcome-based monitoring
• What to monitor: Metrics and services
• Tools for monitoring and logging
• Application monitoring

2. Monitoring Core AWS Services

• Setup for AWS monitoring
• Use CloudFormation templates
• Monitor S3
• Monitor EC2
• Monitor Lambda
• Monitor RDS
• Monitor Kinesis
• Monitor EMR

3. Core AWS Tools for Metrics and Logging

• Console tools for metrics
• Use CloudWatch for service monitoring
• Script tools for metrics
• Set up and use the AWS CLI for metrics
• Use the AWS CLI for metrics
• Code tools for metrics
• Setting up the AWS SDK for Node.js
• Use the AWS SDK by example for metrics

4. Using AWS Services for Advanced Monitoring

• AWS management tools for monitoring
• Use CloudFormation
• Use Service Catalog
• Use CloudTrail
• Use Config
• Use OpsWorks
• Use Trusted Advisor

5. Advanced and Third-Party Tools

• Use CloudFormation for applications
• Use a third-party service: Loggly
• Use Inspector
• Use X-Ray, new from AWS
• Use a third-party New Relic

6. Application Monitoring

• Compare monitoring tools
• Monitor applications via EC2 best practices
• Key considerations for monitoring

Conclusion

• Next steps