AWS CloudWatch
AWS CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service provided by Amazon Web Services that collects operational data in the form of logs, metrics, and events. It provides a unified view of resource utilization, application performance, and operational health across AWS, on-premises, and…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2009
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- AWS CloudWatch was created to solve the challenge of gaining visibility and operational insight into applications and infrastructure running on Amazon Web Services. Before its existence, monitoring dynamic cloud resources at scale was a significant burden, requiring users to implement and manage disparate third-party or self-hosted monitoring solutions, which often lacked deep integration with AWS services.
- Platforms
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, On-premises servers (via CloudWatch Agent), Hybrid cloud environments (via CloudWatch Agent)
Related technologies
Notable users
- Figma
- Netflix
- Airbnb
- Epic Games
- Any enterprise utilizing AWS for production workloads
- Capital One