1Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation

• 1.1CloudWatch Metrics and Alarms

  Understand monitoring ops: CloudWatch metrics, alarm states (OK/ALARM/INSUFFICIENT_DATA) and thresholds, actions (SNS notify, Auto Scaling, EC2 action), and in-guest metrics via the CloudWatch agent. The starting point for "Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation" in SOA-C02.

• 1.2Log Aggregation and Audit (CloudWatch Logs and CloudTrail)

  Understand aggregating app/OS logs with CloudWatch Logs and Logs Insights, auditing API activity (who did what) with CloudTrail, and when to use each.

• 1.3Automated Remediation (EventBridge and Systems Manager)

  Understand event routing with EventBridge, automated remediation with Systems Manager Automation (runbooks), and Systems Manager ops features (patch management, Run Command, Parameter Store).

• 1.4In-scope services for monitoring, logging, and remediation

  A roundup of in-scope SOA-C03 services for monitoring, logging, analytics, and observability.