Amazon CloudWatch

  • CloudWatch is a core supporting service within AWS which provides metric, log and event management services.

  • It's used through other AWS services for health and performance monitoring, log management and nerveless architectures.

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  • CloudWatch Logs is a service which can accept logging data, store it and monitor it.

  • It is often the default place where AWS Services can output their logging too.

  • CloudWatch Logs is a public service and can also be utilised in an on-premises environment and even from other public cloud platforms.

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