CloudWatch - Centralize logging for your AWS workload.
December 18, 2024

CloudWatch - Centralize logging for your AWS workload.

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Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Amazon CloudWatch

If you use any AWS service, CloudWatch is a must-have. Imagine having multiple services deployed & running on AWS. The services work interdependently. CloudWatch allows viewing logs of all those services in a central place. With CloudWatch Log Insights, you can make custom queries for your log across multiple streams. If you set up AWS Organizations, CloudWatch can help centralize logs from all accounts.

Pros

  • Easy to use GUI to browse & query log events.
  • Query & view events spanning multiple log streams.
  • Centralized logging at organization level.

Cons

  • The query syntax could have better examples.
  • Log Insights should support saving a "view" of a certain set of log streams.
  • The whole log group vs log stream hierarchy takes time getting used to.
  • We can trace errors, exceptions much easier, hence problems are resolved very quickly.
  • We can trace errors and exceptions across multiple services, which helps to pin down the issue.
  • Logs are collected & available for view with minimal delay, tightening the feedback loop.
It's excellent at collecting logs. It's easy to set up. The viewing & querying part could be much better, though. The query syntax takes some time to get used to, & the examples are not helpful. Also, while being great, Log Insights requires manual picking of log streams to query across every time.
If you use AWS, then just use CloudWatch, as it's tightly integrated.

Do you think Amazon CloudWatch delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Amazon CloudWatch's feature set?

Yes

Did Amazon CloudWatch live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Amazon CloudWatch go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Amazon CloudWatch again?

Yes

If you use any AWS services, CloudWatch is the natural choice to monitor & troubleshoot your workload. Thankfully, for most AWS services, CloudWatch is either built-in or very easy to set up. However, being proficient in browsing & tracking the log events would take some training & practice. Having some experienced people on the team would help immensely, especially in spreading the skill to the rest of the team.

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