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AWS CloudWatch Agent Tutorial for EC2 Observability
This tutorial demonstrates setting up AWS CloudWatch Agent on EC2 to collect OS-level metrics like memory and disk usage, plus Nginx logs. It covers two scenarios: adding the agent to an existing EC2 and bootstrapping a new one via User Data. The full pipeline includes CloudWatch Metrics, Logs, Dashboard, Alarm, and SNS email notifications.
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A practical walkthrough for DevOps engineers, but the content is basic and widely documented elsewhere.
aws-observabilitycloudwatch-agent