Monitoring and Health Checks
This lesson provides detail on the AWS Compute services relevant to the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional exam. We shall be looking at Amazon EC2, EC2 Image Builder, Auto Scaling, and AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand when to use Amazon EC2
- Learn about the components of Amazon EC2
- How to create and deploy EC2 services
- Understand what EC2 Auto Scaling is
- Learn how to use EC2 Image Builder to automate the creation of customized, secure virtual machine and container images
- Be able to configure Auto Scaling launch configurations, launch templates, and Auto Scaling groups
- The ability to explain what AWS Elastic Beanstalk is and what it is used for
- The knowledge of the different environments that Elastic Beanstalk provides, allowing you to select the most appropriate option for your needs
- An explanation of how to configure the service and some of the parameters that you can alter to meet your application requirements
- The knowledge of the different monitoring options available for assessing your environment and resources health
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