Monitoring, deployment, and operations concepts tested on the AWS SysOps Administrator exam.
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- What does CloudWatch monitor in AWS?
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Metrics, logs, and alarms for AWS resources and applications- What is a CloudWatch metric?
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A time-ordered variable that represents a measurement of an AWS resource or application- What is the default resolution for CloudWatch metrics?
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1 minute- What does CloudTrail record?
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AWS API calls and account activity- What is Auto Scaling in AWS?
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A service that automatically adds or removes EC2 instances based on demand- What is a launch template in Auto Scaling?
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A configuration blueprint specifying the AMI, instance type, key pair, and other settings for new instances- What is the primary purpose of a security group?
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To control inbound and outbound traffic at the instance level- What does CloudFormation do?
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Automates provisioning and management of AWS infrastructure using templates- What is the difference between scale-up and scale-out?
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Scale-up adds resources to existing instances; scale-out adds new instances- What does Elastic Beanstalk do?
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Deploys and manages web applications without managing underlying infrastructure- What is a CloudWatch log group?
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A collection of log streams from the same source- What is a CloudWatch alarm?
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A threshold-based notification that triggers when a metric crosses a specified state- What are the three possible states of a CloudWatch alarm?
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OK, ALARM, and INSUFFICIENT_DATA- What is the purpose of VPC Flow Logs?
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To capture information about IP traffic going in and out of network interfaces- What is Elastic Load Balancing?
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A service that automatically distributes incoming traffic across multiple targets
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