Amazon CloudWatch Configuration and Monitoring by Richard Johnson

"Amazon CloudWatch Configuration and Monitoring"

Unlock the full potential of cloud-native monitoring with "Amazon CloudWatch Configuration and Monitoring," a comprehensive guide for architects, DevOps professionals, and cloud engineers seeking to master AWS’s flagship observability platform. This expertly structured book leads you through every layer of CloudWatch, beginning with foundational architecture and seamless integration across core AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, EKS, and RDS. Through clear explanations and deep dives into CloudWatch APIs, CLI tools, and SDKs, readers will learn to automate monitoring workflows, enforce security best practices with IAM, and deploy cross-account, multi-region strategies with confidence.

The book’s heart lies in elucidating both standard and custom metrics management, advanced log ingestion and analytics, and the intricate setup of alarms and automated responses. Through hands-on sections, you’ll explore managing high-resolution metrics at scale, cost optimization, log retention policies, and compliance archiving—alongside step-by-step instructions for sophisticated dashboards and real-time visualizations. Special coverage is given to CloudWatch Events and EventBridge, tracing and synthetic monitoring, integration with third-party observability tools, and automating operational intelligence pipelines across diverse AWS and SaaS environments.

Rounding out its 360-degree approach, this book delivers actionable security strategies, regulatory compliance guidance, and battle-tested DevOps automation using Infrastructure as Code practices. Rich with real-world case studies, common pitfalls, and forward-looking perspectives on AI/ML integrations and open source extensibility, "Amazon CloudWatch Configuration and Monitoring" is your authoritative resource for building resilient, scalable, and future-proof monitoring solutions on AWS.