This lab walks you through the various CloudWatch features available for resource monitoring.
Duration: 45 minutes
AWS Region: US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1
Create EC2 Instance.
Create SNS Topic. Subscribe via email address.
Check EC2 CPU Utiliztaion Metrics in CloudWatch Metrics.
Create CloudWatch Alarm.
Stress CPU to trigger SNS Notification Email from CloudWatch Alarm.
Create a CloudWatch Dashboard and add various widgets.