{"id":90851,"date":"2024-12-28T10:01:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T04:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/?p=90851"},"modified":"2025-05-02T11:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T06:19:18","slug":"what-is-amazon-cloudwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/what-is-amazon-cloudwatch\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Amazon CloudWatch? AWS CloudWatch Tutorial for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_post_title meta=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; title_font=&#8221;Times New Roman||||||||&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; title_font_size=&#8221;47&#8243; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(0,0,0,0)&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||10%&#8221; title_font_size_tablet=&#8221;40&#8243; title_font_size_phone=&#8221;35&#8243; 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text_line_height_last_edited=&#8221;off|phone&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]Monitoring is essential for businesses to ensure their applications work properly and prevent distractions while using their websites.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/what-is-amazon-cloudwatch\/#What_is_Amazon_CloudWatch\" >What is Amazon CloudWatch?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/what-is-amazon-cloudwatch\/#AWS_CloudWatch_Features\" >AWS CloudWatch Features<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/what-is-amazon-cloudwatch\/#Configuring_AWS_CloudWatch\" >Configuring AWS CloudWatch<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/what-is-amazon-cloudwatch\/#AWS_CloudWatch_Dashboard\" >AWS CloudWatch Dashboard<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/what-is-amazon-cloudwatch\/#AWS_CloudWatch_Namespaces\" >AWS CloudWatch Namespaces<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/what-is-amazon-cloudwatch\/#AWS_CloudWatch_Metrices\" >AWS CloudWatch Metrices<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/what-is-amazon-cloudwatch\/#AWS_CloudWatch_Dimensions\" >AWS CloudWatch Dimensions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/what-is-amazon-cloudwatch\/#AWS_CloudWatch_Statistics\" >AWS CloudWatch Statistics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/what-is-amazon-cloudwatch\/#AWS_CloudWatch_Percentile\" >AWS CloudWatch Percentile<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/what-is-amazon-cloudwatch\/#AWS_CloudWatch_Timestamps\" >AWS CloudWatch Timestamps<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/what-is-amazon-cloudwatch\/#AWS_CloudWatch_Alarms\" >AWS CloudWatch Alarms<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/what-is-amazon-cloudwatch\/#AWS_CloudWatch_Notification_Services\" >AWS CloudWatch Notification Services<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>By continuously monitoring and alerting users, organizations can improve their hardware and infrastructure utilization, reduce manual resource control, and prevent errors.<\/p>\n<p>In this AWS CloudWatch Tutorial will look into the details of Amazon CloudWatch.<\/p>\n<p><video poster=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/a3-lazy-load\/assets\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cluster-Vault-Concepts.webm\" autoplay=\"autoplay\" loop=\"loop\" muted=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"auto\"><\/video><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Amazon_CloudWatch\"><\/span><strong>What is Amazon CloudWatch?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Amazon CloudWatch is a free tool managed by Amazon Web Services that provides data and insights to monitor applications, respond to system-wide performance changes, and gain a unified view of operational health.<\/p>\n<p>It works by collecting data from a running server, monitoring applications in use, and pushing the data into CloudWatch for analysis.<\/p>\n<p>It allows for continuous monitoring and alerting users when there is a spike in traffic or error. This prevents errors from occurring faster and ensures that issues are detected and resolved promptly.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AWS_CloudWatch_Features\"><\/span><strong>AWS CloudWatch Features<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Collecting logs and stores<\/p>\n<p>Collecting built-in metrics<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"2086\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AWS-CloudWatch-Features.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monitoring for any increase or changes<\/p>\n<p>Auto scaling and<\/p>\n<p>Automated responses.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Configuring_AWS_CloudWatch\"><\/span><strong>Configuring AWS CloudWatch<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To configure the cloud watch, users can open a new tab, select the desired service, and then configure the matrix. This will allow users to configure alarms, logs, and metrics for their machine. 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The dashboard includes one hour, three hours, twelve hours, one day, three days, one week, and custom time periods. Custom time periods can be set to gather data from today to the past one month.<\/p>\n<p>There are different widget types for dashboard visualization, including line, stacked area, number, text, and query results.<\/p>\n<p>Line graphs show progression across time, stacked area graphs show the number at a specific time, and text shows what is happening.<\/p>\n<p>The dashboard also provides free text with markdown formatting for easy access to data.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AWS-CloudWatch-Overview.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To use the CloudWatch dashboard, open a management console and navigate to the CloudWatch demo.<\/p>\n<p>The dashboard displays alarms based on services, recent alarms, relative and absolute times, and custom and relative options.<\/p>\n<p>The dashboard displays metrics such as CPU utilization, network packets, and discrete bytes.<\/p>\n<p>Users can also choose from various time periods, such as one hour, 15 minutes, or 5 minutes. The dashboard also includes a stacked area for billing metrics.<\/p>\n<p>Users can check the spending of their AWS account by linked account, service by service, total estimate charge, and USD.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AWS_CloudWatch_Namespaces\"><\/span><strong>AWS CloudWatch Namespaces<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A namespace is a container for CloudWatch metrics, containing multiple metrics under a specific service. There is no default namespace, so users must specify a namespace for each data point they publish to CloudWatch.<\/p>\n<p><video poster=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/a3-lazy-load\/assets\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AWS-Dashboard-Features.webm\" autoplay=\"autoplay\" loop=\"loop\" muted=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"auto\"><\/video><\/p>\n<p>Namespaces are in the format AWS\/service name, like AWS\/EC2. Users can also create their own namespaces for their own metrics.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AWS_CloudWatch_Metrices\"><\/span><strong>AWS CloudWatch Metrices<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Metrics are time-ordered sets of data points, with timestamps representing the date and time of an event. The widget displays data over time, showing the data of a service on the left and the time period on the right.<\/p>\n<p>The timestamps are date-time objects, and the time period is determined by the user&#8217;s local time.<\/p>\n<p>Metric retention is proportional to the retention period, with data retention being proportional to the time period. For example, if a metric is used for less than 60 seconds, it will be retained for three hours, deleted after three hours, and deleted after 15 days\u2026<\/p>\n<p>AWS metrics are a set of data name value pairs that are attached to every metric when an AWS service sends it to CloudWatch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudfoundation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CloudWatch-Metrics-Identity.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AWS_CloudWatch_Dimensions\"><\/span><strong>AWS CloudWatch Dimensions<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dimensions are part of the identity of the metric, and when choosing a metric, one must choose a particular point.<\/p>\n<p>Dimension combinations can be used to create separate metrics, such as 1, 2, 3, or all three dimensions. 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