AWS Monitoring & Operations Flashcards
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Which AWS service provides distributed tracing so you can analyze and debug the performance of microservices applications?
Answer: AWS X-Ray
AWS X-Ray collects data about requests as they travel through your application and provides tools to visualize and troubleshoot latency.
What is the finest granularity available for a CloudWatch high-resolution custom metric?
Answer: 1 second
CloudWatch high-resolution custom metrics can be published at 1-second granularity, enabling near-real-time monitoring.
Which AWS service provides a central console to manage and operate nodes both in AWS and on-premises?
Answer: AWS Systems Manager
AWS Systems Manager gives you a unified interface to view operational data and automate tasks across AWS and on-premises infrastructure.
Which AWS service aggregates security findings from multiple AWS services and third-party tools into a single dashboard?
Answer: AWS Security Hub
AWS Security Hub provides a comprehensive view of security alerts and compliance status across AWS accounts by aggregating findings.
Which CloudWatch feature uses machine learning to automatically detect anomalies in metric data without requiring manual threshold configuration?
Answer: CloudWatch Anomaly Detection
CloudWatch Anomaly Detection applies machine learning to metrics to create a model of expected values and flag deviations automatically.
Which CloudWatch feature lets you run SQL-like queries against your log data to quickly find operational issues?
Answer: CloudWatch Logs Insights
CloudWatch Logs Insights provides an interactive query language to search and analyze log data with aggregations, filters, and visualization.