CLOUDWATCH ALARMS WITH SNS EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

After setting up basic CloudWatch monitoring, let's enhance our observability by implementing CloudWatch Alarms and Logs. This post will cover:

1. Setting up CloudWatch Alarms for metrics
2. Configuring CloudWatch Logs for log aggregation
3. Creating log-based metrics and alarms

Learning Journey Note

This post documents my personal exploration of AWS CloudWatch. In this journey, I've learned how to set up CloudWatch Alarms and Logs for proactive monitoring and log aggregation.

Step-by-Step Guide

Setting Up SNS Notifications

1️⃣ Create an SNS Topic

2️⃣ Add Email Subscription

Setting Up CloudWatch Alarms

CPU Usage Alarm (System Metric)

HTTP Error Rate Alarm (Custom Metric)

📧 CloudWatch Alarm Notifications

Analyzing Logs with CloudWatch Logs Insights

Learning Journey Highlights

Alarm Configuration

• Set up CloudWatch Alarms for metrics
• Configured thresholds and conditions
• Utilized SNS notifications for timely alerts

Log Management

• Mastered CloudWatch Logs configuration
• Implemented structured logging patterns
• Created custom log groups and streams

Resources

• Amazon CloudWatch Logs logging driver
• Amazon SNS