AWS Basic | Chapter 7: Monitoring, Logging, and Cost Management by Prakhar Chauhan | Learn Smarter
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Chapter 7: Monitoring, Logging, and Cost Management

The chapter provides essential guidance on monitoring AWS resources, logging activities, and managing costs effectively. It introduces various tools such as Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, Cost Explorer, and Budgets to assist users in tracking usage, ensuring security, and maintaining budget control. Best practices for each tool are also discussed to enhance efficiency and compliance.

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Sections

  • 1

    Monitoring Resources With Amazon Cloudwatch

    Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring service that provides insights into AWS resources and applications by collecting metrics, logs, and events.

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  • 1.1

    What Is Cloudwatch?

    Amazon CloudWatch is a comprehensive monitoring service that provides insights into AWS resources and applications by collecting metrics, logs, and events.

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  • 1.2

    Core Features

    This section outlines the core features of key AWS tools for monitoring, logging, and cost management.

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  • 1.3

    Setting Up Monitoring

    This section covers how to set up effective resource monitoring on AWS utilizing Amazon CloudWatch.

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  • 1.4

    Best Practices

    This section outlines best practices for monitoring AWS resources, logging activities, managing costs, and setting budgets.

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  • 2

    Logging Activities With Aws Cloudtrail

    AWS CloudTrail records and logs account activity across AWS services, enabling effective tracking and auditing of actions performed by users and services.

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  • 2.1

    What Is Cloudtrail?

    AWS CloudTrail is a service that records all account activity across AWS services, tracking actions taken by users, roles, and services.

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  • 2.2

    Key Features

    This section delves into essential monitoring, logging, and cost management tools in AWS, specifically Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, Cost Explorer, and Budgets.

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  • 2.3

    Use Cases

    This section explores the practical applications of AWS tools for monitoring, logging, and cost management.

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  • 2.4

    Enabling Cloudtrail

    Enabling CloudTrail is crucial for recording account activity in AWS, providing insights into actions taken by users and services.

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  • 2.5

    Best Practices

    This section outlines best practices for monitoring AWS resources, logging activities, and managing costs effectively.

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  • 3

    Understanding Aws Billing And Cost Explorer

    This section explains how to navigate the AWS Billing Dashboard and utilize Cost Explorer to analyze spending.

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  • 3.1

    Aws Billing Dashboard

    The AWS Billing Dashboard provides a comprehensive view of current charges and forecasted costs, allowing users to efficiently manage their AWS expenses.

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  • 3.2

    What Is Cost Explorer?

    Cost Explorer is a tool that allows AWS users to analyze and visualize their spending over time, helping in cost management and forecasting.

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  • 3.3

    Key Capabilities

    This section discusses key capabilities in monitoring, logging, and cost management within AWS services.

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  • 3.4

    Using Cost Explorer

    This section introduces AWS Cost Explorer, a tool for analyzing AWS expenditure and optimizing resource costs.

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  • 3.5

    Tips

    This section discusses practical tips for effectively monitoring AWS resources, logging activities, and managing costs.

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  • 4

    Setting Up Budgets And Alarms

    This section covers the setup of AWS Budgets and alarms to monitor costs and usage effectively.

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  • 4.1

    What Are Aws Budgets?

    AWS Budgets allows users to set and monitor cost and usage thresholds within their AWS accounts.

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  • 4.2

    Budget Types

    This section introduces different budget types in AWS, including cost, usage, and reservation budgets to help manage expenses effectively.

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  • 4.3

    Creating A Budget

    This section discusses the importance of creating budgets in AWS, detailing how to set cost and usage thresholds.

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  • 4.4

    Alert Example

    This section introduces the concept of setting up cost-related alerts in AWS Budgets.

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  • 4.5

    Best Practices

    This section highlights best practices for monitoring, logging, and cost management in AWS.

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  • 5

    Additional Tools And Services

    This section introduces additional AWS tools and services that enhance cost management and governance for users with multiple accounts.

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  • 5.1

    Aws Trusted Advisor

    AWS Trusted Advisor is a tool that offers real-time recommendations for optimizing cost, performance, security, and fault tolerance within AWS.

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  • 5.2

    Aws Organizations

    AWS Organizations helps manage multiple AWS accounts under a single umbrella, allowing for centralized billing and service control policies.

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  • 6

    Summary

    This section covers monitoring AWS resources, logging activities, and cost management strategies using specific AWS tools.

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References

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Memorization

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  • Using CloudWatch for perfor...
  • Enabling and analyzing logs...
  • Utilizing Cost Explorer for...

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