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Amazon CloudWatch monitors AWS resources and applications, providing metrics, logs, and alarms for visibility and automation.
Last Modified: August 29, 2025
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Key Features
- Monitors AWS resources and custom metrics.
- Supports dashboards, alarms, and logs.
- Integrates with automation for event-driven actions.
- Provides anomaly detection and insights.
Common Use Cases
- Monitoring application and infrastructure performance.
- Setting alarms for system anomalies and downtime.
- Visualizing operational metrics in dashboards.
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