AWS CloudWatch MetricsΒΆ
- CloudWatch provides [[metrics]] for every service in AWS
- Metric is a variable to monitor (CPUUtilization, NetworkIn...)
- Metrics belong to [[namespaces]]
- Dimension is an attribute of a metric (instance id, environment, etc)
- Up to 10 dimensions per metric
- Metrics have timestamps
- Can create CloudWatch Dashboards for metrics