AWS CloudWatch: How to Set Up EC2, RDS, Lambda and API logging

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Learn how to view your logs in AWS CloudWatch and setup monitors and alarms. Lets see how we can forward logs from EC2, RDS, API Gateway and Lambda logs to CloudWatch. EC2 CloudWatch agent docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/install-CloudWatch-Agent-on-EC2-Instance.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/create-cloudwatch-agent-configuration-file-wizard.html#cloudwatch-agent-running-wizard https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/install-CloudWatch-Agent-commandline-fleet.html#start-CloudWatch-Agent-EC2-commands-fleet https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/troubleshooting-CloudWatch-Agent.html#CloudWatch-Agent-troubleshooting-verify-running BetterStack integration docs: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/aws-cloudwatch/ https://betterstack.com/docs/logs/aws/ ► HACKING SCALE NEWSLETTER https://newsletter.betterstack.com/ ► RELATED GUIDES AWS Monitoring Tools: Top 14 Picks for 2024: https://betterstack.com/community/comparisons/aws-monitoring-tools/ Getting Started with Collecting and Managing AWS Logs: https://betterstack.com/community/guides/logging/aws-logging/ The Ultimate Guide to AWS Lambda Metrics https://betterstack.com/community/guides/monitoring/aws-lambda-metrics/ ► READ MORE More about Better Stack: https://betterstack.com/ Community pages: https://betterstack.com/community/ ► STAY TUNED GitHub: https://github.com/BetterStackHQ Twitter: https://twitter.com/betterstackhq LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/betterstack Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterstackhq/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@betterstack 📌 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 0:00 Intro 1:21 CloudWatch UI Overview 6:46 EC2 Custom Logging 12:03 Lambda Logging 12:34 API Gateway Logging 16:07 RDS Logging 17:47 Creating Alarms 21:31 Synthetic Canaries 23:00 BetterStack Intro 23:52 Forward Alarms to BetterStack 27:10 Forward Logs to Betterstack 30:14 Outro