AWS Monitoring & Governance
AWS Tutorial: Monitoring & Governance Intro
Welcome to the Monitoring and Governance lesson. Building infrastructure in the cloud is easy, but keeping track of what is running, how much it costs, and who is changing it requires dedicated tools.
Why Learn Monitoring and Governance?
If your web application crashes at 3:00 AM, how do you know what went wrong? If your AWS bill suddenly spikes by $5,000, who spun up those expensive servers? Monitoring and governance tools provide the visibility and control required to answer these questions instantly.
Tutorial Overview
In this tutorial, we will introduce the core concepts of:
- Observability (Monitoring): Seeing what is happening inside your systems.
- Governance: Setting rules and tracking compliance across your organization.
Observability vs. Governance
- Observability (Monitoring): This is the practice of collecting data from your AWS resources to ensure they are healthy and performing well. It involves tracking metrics (like CPU usage), collecting log files (like application error logs), and setting up automated alarms if a server crashes. The flagship tool for this is Amazon CloudWatch.
- Governance & Compliance: This is the practice of establishing rules to ensure your AWS environment is secure, cost-effective, and legally compliant. It involves tracking every single API call made in your account to see who changed what. The flagship tool for this is AWS CloudTrail.
Together, these tools ensure your cloud environment is transparent, secure, and highly optimized. We will dive into the specific tools in the next lessons!
Exercise
?What is the primary purpose of Cloud Governance?