This course provides detail on the AWS Management & Governance services relevant to the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional exam.

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Learning Objectives

Learn how AWS AppConfig can reduce errors in configuration changes and prevent application downtime
Understand how the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) can be used to model and provision application resources using common programming languages
Get a high-level understanding of Amazon CloudWatch
Learn about the features and use cases of the service
Create your own CloudWatch dashboard to monitor the items that are important to you
Understand how CloudWatch dashboards can be shared across accounts
Understand the cost structure of CloudWatch dashboards and the limitations of the service
Review how monitored metrics go into an ALARM state
Learn about the challenges of creating CloudWatch Alarms and the benefits of using machine learning in alarm management
Know how to create a CloudWatch Alarm using Anomaly Detection
Learn what types of metrics are suitable for use with Anomaly Detection
Create your own CloudWatch log subscription
Learn how AWS CloudTrail enables auditing and governance of your AWS account
Understand how Amazon CloudWatch Logs enables you to monitor and store your system, application, and custom log files
Explain what AWS CloudFormation is and what it’s used for
Determine the benefits of AWS CloudFormation
Understand what the core components are and what they are used for
Create a CloudFormation Stack using an existing AWS template
Learn what VPC flow logs are and what they are used for
Determine options for operating programmatically with AWS, including the AWS CLI, APIs, and SDKs
Learn about the capabilities of AWS Systems Manager for managing applications and infrastructure
Understand how AWS Secrets Manager can be used to securely encrypt application secrets