Centralized AWS Monitoring

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Requirement | Observability

The client lacked end-to-end visibility across its AWS environment—including Amazon EC2 instances, AWS Lambda functions, Amazon API Gateway endpoints, and Amazon RDS databases. They required a unified view without third-party tools or licensing costs. They engaged us to implement an AWS CloudWatch–based logging and monitoring solution to surface operational insights, enable rapid troubleshooting, and integrate seamlessly with their existing resources

Solution | Cloudwatch

We initially defined a responsibility model dividing infrastructure monitoring from application monitoring. We assigned teams for each layer and identified their specific requirements while integrating a centralized CloudWatch solution. Using CloudWatch Logs Insights, we natively integrated Amazon EKS, AWS Lambda, and Amazon RDS and created dedicated dashboards for each service.

We stored CloudWatch Agent configurations in AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store. We defined log groups for EC2 instance logs and configured parsing rules for application error logs. We implemented Logs Insights queries for real-time error detection across resources and applications. We also integrated CloudWatch Real User Monitoring (RUM) and AWS X-Ray for comprehensive end-to-end visibility

Outcome | Reduced outages, faster incident response, and broader visibility

The client now responds rapidly to issues at the correct layer and resolves incidents more efficiently. With clear visibility and a well-defined team responsibility model, they can identify and address problems immediately.

Technologies Used

• AWS CloudWatch Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
• AWS CloudWatch Logs Insights
• AWS CloudWatch Logs
• AWS CloudWatch Metrics
• AWS CloudWatch Alarms
• AWS CloudWatch Agent
• AWS CloudWatch Network Monitoring [VPC Flow Logs]
• AWS CloudWatch Dashboards
• AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store