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Set Up Custom Logging in AWS CloudWatch

In this lab, you’ll practice installing and configuring the CloudWatch agent. When you’re finished with this lab, you’ll have the ability to connect any server with CloudWatch to enhance and centralize all your server logging.

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Labs - Set Up Custom Logging in AWS CloudWatch

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Level
Beginner
Duration
45m
Released
Mar 22, 2022

Lab author

Lab Author: Tom Compagno
Tom Compagno
Tom has spent over 19 years across multiple industries building products and platforms including: banking, tele-communications, e-commerce, retail, and manufacturing. He has designed and built recommendation engines, consumer banking platforms, and mobile applications, as well as business and consumer facing e-commerce SaaS platforms. Recently he leveraged his technology background to build business, product, and IT strategies for companies like O.C Tanner, State Farm, and USAA Insurance. He is ... morepassionate about creating high performing agile teams, and building software architectures that are lean yet scalable and perfectly fulfill the business need. He developed a keen interest in Lean principles while building manufacturing systems - and is constantly looking for new ways to leverage those concepts to improve IT. Tom holds a dual bachelor degree in Computer Science and Business Information Systems and an MBA from Westminster College/Gore School of Business.
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Install the CloudWatch Agent

Download and install the CloudWatch agent software on a Linux server.

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Create an IAM User with CloudWatch Permissions

Add a new programmatic user to the AWS account with the required permissions for running the CloudWatch agent.

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Setup Server as if an On Prem Server

Configure the CloudWatch agent on the EC2 server as if it were not running in an AWS account.

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Start and Validate Agent is Active

Start the agent check the agent logs and review console for server log data and metrics

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On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.

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  • Familiarity with common Linux terminal commands (including a file editor like vi)
  • Familiarity with the CloudWatch AWS console

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