Hey Cloud Enthusiasts! 👋 Today, let's embark on a journey into the world of AWS monitoring using two powerful services: Amazon CloudWatch and Simple Notification Service (SNS). 🌐✨
Amazon CloudWatch: Keeping an Eye on Your AWS Resources
Amazon CloudWatch is your trusty companion for real-time monitoring of AWS resources and applications. 🕵️♂️ It allows you to collect and track metrics, providing valuable insights into the performance of your AWS environment. 🚀
Whether it's keeping tabs on your EC2 instances, tracking the health of your databases, or monitoring custom application metrics, CloudWatch has got you covered! 📈💻
Amazon SNS: Your Notifier in the Cloud 📲🔔
Enter Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), the go-to solution for seamless notification delivery within AWS since 2010. 🎉 SNS facilitates the low-cost, high-speed delivery of messages, especially tailored for mobile users. 📢📱
Let's Get Hands-On: Setting Up a CloudWatch Alarm 🚨💼
Now, let's roll up our sleeves and create a CloudWatch alarm that monitors our billing and shoots us an email when it hits $2. 💸📧
Step 1: Sign In to the AWS Management Console
To embark on your journey of cost management and resource monitoring, start by signing in to the AWS Management Console.
Step 2: Access Billing Dashboard
Once you're in the console, navigate to the Billing Dashboard by selecting it from the navigation bar
Step 3: Configure Alert Preferences
Within the Billing Dashboard, choose "Billing preferences" from the navigation bar. Here, you can configure your "Alert preferences" to receive notifications regarding your AWS billing.
Step 4: Create a Billing Alarm
Now, let's create a billing alarm to keep a close eye on your AWS spending:
Go to the AWS Management Console and navigate to the CloudWatch service.
In the navigation pane, select "Alarms" and click the "Create Alarm" button.
In the "Create Alarm Wizard" under the "Select metrics" section, scroll down and choose "Billing."
Select "Total Estimated Charge" and click "Select metric."
Under "Conditions" set the threshold to the desired amount, such as "$2"
Configure the actions to send an email notification when the alarm state is triggered. You can either create a new SNS topic or choose an existing one and set up email notifications in Amazon SNS.
Confirm the subscription to enable the CloudWatch service.
Provide a name for the alarm and add a description if needed.
Click the "Create Alarm" button to create the billing alarm.
Step 5: Deleting the Billing Alarm
Managing your alarms is just as important as creating them. Here's how to delete a billing alarm:
In the "Actions" dropdown menu, choose "Delete."
Confirm the deletion when prompted.
