Overview
Infrastructure monitoring services (e.g., Amazon CloudWatch, Google Cloud Monitoring, Azure Monitor) provide visibility into the performance of your cloud environment. They collect data from various sources and provide tools for visualization and alerting.
Key Components
- Metrics: Numerical data points over time (e.g., CPU usage, disk I/O, network traffic).
- Logs: Text-based records of events (e.g., application errors, system access logs).
- Dashboards: Visual representations of metrics for real-time monitoring.
- Alarms/Alerts: Notifications triggered when a metric exceeds a certain threshold.
Importance
Critical for identifying performance bottlenecks, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring that applications meet their SLAs.