Management, Monitoring & Governance
Seeing what's happening across your AWS account — metrics and alarms with CloudWatch, audit logging with CloudTrail, compliance checking with Config, and controlling cost.
Amazon Inspector & AWS Trusted Advisor
intermediate~1.5hProTwo complementary automated-checking services: Inspector continuously scans workloads for software vulnerabilities and network exposure, while Trusted Advisor checks account configuration against cost, security, performance, and fault-tolerance best practices.
Amazon CloudWatch
intermediate~2hProAWS's native monitoring service — metrics, alarms, logs, and dashboards that give you visibility into what your infrastructure is actually doing.
CloudTrail & AWS Config
intermediate~2hProRecording every API call made in your account for audit purposes, and continuously checking whether your resources' configuration matches the rules you've defined.
Cost Explorer, Budgets & Savings Plans
intermediate~2hProUnderstanding, controlling, and optimizing what you actually spend on AWS — visibility tools, proactive alerts, and commitment-based discounts.
AWS Systems Manager
intermediate~2hProOperational tooling for managing fleets of EC2 instances and on-premises servers — patching, secure shell-free access, and centralized configuration storage.