Exploring Amazon CloudWatch - Dashboards Alarms and Logs
- Hafeez Baig |
- 32 steps |
- 3 minutes
Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\
<https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg>
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Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User**
**Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\
For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred choice
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Type **CloudWatch** in the search bar and click on **CloudWatch** to view the **CloudWatch** Dashboard
**What is CloudWatch in AWS?**
Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is designed to help AWS customers monitor their cloud resources and applications in real-time. CloudWatch collects and tracks metrics, logs, and events generated by various AWS services, as well as custom applications running on AWS infrastructure.
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On the **CloudWatch** page, click on **Dashboards** from the left bar to view the CloudWatch dashboard
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On the **CloudWatch** dashboard, click on the **Create dashboard** button on the right side
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**Create new dashboard** wizard will open, give name as "**MyDashboard**" and click on the **Create Dashboard** button
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**Add widget** wizard will open, select the **Line** radio button to compare metrics over time
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Scroll the page and click on the **Next** button
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**Add metric graph wizard** will open, click on the **Lambda** link to view its metric graph
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Click on the **By Resource** link
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Select the FunctionName **my-s3-notification** to add its metric
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Scroll the page and click on the **Create widget** button
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**MyDashboard** wizard will open, here the added metrics will be shown
Congratulations on successfully adding my-s3-notifications metrics to the dashboard! Well done!
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To create an Alarm, click on the **All alarms** from the left bar
**What are Alarms in CloudWatch?**
CloudWatch alarms, integral to Amazon's monitoring suite, enable proactive monitoring and automated responses for AWS resources and applications. These alarms are set on metrics generated by various AWS services, allowing users to define threshold conditions.
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**Alarms** wizard will open, click on the **Create alarm** button on the right side
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**Specify metric and conditions** wizard will open, click on the **Select metric** button
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**Select Metric** wizard will open, click on the option **DynamoDB** link
