Amazon CloudWatch topics
12 short topics in Observability SRE and Production Operations. Each one is a single focused exercise with a clear piece of evidence at the end.
12 topics, one exercise each.
Work through them in order, or jump to the one you need.
These are draft topic outlines (draft; instructor review pending). Full lessons follow after review; ask Ajay if you need a topic sooner.
- 01
Telemetry source configuration
Inspect evidence for telemetry source configuration in Amazon CloudWatch; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Metrics and dimension design
Inspect evidence for metrics and dimension design in Amazon CloudWatch; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Log collection and query
Inspect evidence for log collection and query in Amazon CloudWatch; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Trace correlation
Inspect evidence for trace correlation in Amazon CloudWatch; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Dashboard construction
Inspect evidence for dashboard construction in Amazon CloudWatch; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Alert conditions and routing
Inspect evidence for alert conditions and routing in Amazon CloudWatch; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Retention and data-access policy
Inspect evidence for retention and data-access policy in Amazon CloudWatch; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Service health interpretation
Inspect evidence for service health interpretation in Amazon CloudWatch; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Usage and telemetry cost
Inspect evidence for usage and telemetry cost in Amazon CloudWatch; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Incident investigation workflow
Inspect evidence for incident investigation workflow in Amazon CloudWatch; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Operational reporting
Inspect evidence for operational reporting in Amazon CloudWatch; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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Instrumentation and alert verification
Inspect evidence for instrumentation and alert verification in Amazon CloudWatch; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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