Amazon CloudWatch Documentation

Amazon CloudWatch provides a reliable, scalable, and flexible monitoring solution that you can start using within minutes. You no longer need to set up, manage, and scale your own monitoring systems and infrastructure.

  • Use CloudWatch to monitor your AWS resources and the applications you run on AWS in real time.
  • Use CloudWatch Events to send system events from AWS resources to AWS Lambda functions, Amazon SNS topics, streams in Amazon Kinesis, and other target types.
  • Use CloudWatch Logs to monitor, store, and access your log files from Amazon EC2 instances, AWS CloudTrail, or other sources.

Amazon CloudWatch

CloudWatch User Guide
Provides a conceptual overview of CloudWatch and includes detailed development instructions for using the various features.
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CloudWatch section of the AWS CLI Reference
Describes the CloudWatch commands in the AWS CLI that you can use to monitor AWS. Provides syntax, options, and usage examples for each command.
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CloudWatch API Reference
Describes all the API operations for CloudWatch in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.
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CloudWatch CLI Reference
Describes the CloudWatch CLI commands that you can use to monitor AWS. Provides syntax, options, and usage examples for each command.
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Amazon CloudWatch Events

CloudWatch Events User Guide
Provides a conceptual overview of CloudWatch Events and includes detailed development instructions for using the various features.
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CloudWatch Events section of the AWS CLI Reference
Describes the AWS CLI commands that you can use to administer CloudWatch Events. Provides syntax, options, and usage examples for each command.
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CloudWatch Events API Reference
Describes all the API operations for CloudWatch Events in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs

CloudWatch Logs User Guide
Provides a conceptual overview of CloudWatch Logs and includes detailed development instructions for using the various features.
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CloudWatch Logs section of the AWS CLI Reference
Describes the AWS CLI commands that you can use to administer CloudWatch Logs. Provides syntax, options, and usage examples for each command.
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   CloudWatch Logs API Reference
Describes all the API operations for CloudWatch Logs in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.
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