Monitor Amazon EC2 Application Logs with Cloudwatch Logs Insights
In this lab, you'll utilize CloudWatch Logs Insights to better understand the logs coming from an HTTP server. When you're finished with this lab, you'll have a CloudWatch dashboard with several useful graphs for monitoring the requests being made to this server.
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Lab info
Lab author
Challenge
Get Acquainted
Examine the existing EC2 infrastructure and CloudWatch Logs logging.
Challenge
Create Your First Insight
Create an insight to track the amount of requests over time, and add it to a new dashboard.
Challenge
Creating Advanced Visualizations
Create several insights to track various metrics and learn the CloudWatch query language.
Provided environment for hands-on practice
We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.
Guided walkthrough
Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!
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Recommended prerequisites
- Basic CloudWatch Logs knowledge