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What is Amazon CloudWatch and how is it used with EC2?
CloudWatch and EC2 Integration
Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service. It collects data in the form of logs, metrics, and events from EC2 instances and other AWS resources.
Usage with EC2
Alarms: Triggers Auto Scaling actions when metrics cross defined thresholds.
Dashboards: Visualizes instance health and performance metrics.
Logs: Collects application and system logs using the CloudWatch Logs agent.
Detailed Monitoring: Increases metric resolution from 5-minute intervals to 1-minute intervals.