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Implementing CloudWatch Dashboards and Alarms

INTERMEDIATE
100 minutes
5 tasks

In this lab, learners will create custom CloudWatch dashboards and configure alarms based on metrics from EC2 and RDS instances. This involves setting up CloudWatch alarms to monitor specific thresholds and configuring SNS notifications for proactive monitoring.

Scenario

You are hired by a tech startup, 'Tech Solutions', tasked with setting up an effective monitoring solution for their new application running on AWS. They need a visual dashboard and reliable alerting system to ensure high availability and performance of their EC2 and RDS resources.

Learning Objectives

  • Configure CloudWatch dashboards with multi-instance widgets.
  • Set up CloudWatch alarms based on EC2 and RDS metrics.
  • Configure SNS topics for alarm notifications.
  • Test alarm conditions and validate SNS notifications.

tasks (5)

task 1: Create a CloudWatch dashboard with EC2 metrics.

20 min

task 2: Configure CloudWatch alarms for EC2 CPUUtilization.

20 min

task 3: Create and test an RDS monitoring alarm.

20 min

task 4: Add S3 storage alarm for advanced monitoring.

15 min

task 5: Summarize and deploy alarm validation scripts using Lambda.

25 min

Prerequisites

  • •Basic understanding of CloudWatch and SNS.
  • •Working knowledge of AWS console and navigation.

Skills Tested

Configuring CloudWatch dashboards and metrics.Creating CloudWatch alarms and SNS notifications.Deploying Lambda functions for logging alarms.

References