AWS Monitoring and Auditing with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Config

Maintaining a secure, compliant, and highly available cloud infrastructure requires continuous visibility into your resources. Without proper monitoring and auditing, diagnosing system failures or detecting unauthorized changes becomes a costly guessing game. This course provides a clear, text-based path to mastering the core AWS tools needed to oversee your cloud environment. You will start with foundational cloud administration concepts before diving into the practical mechanics of system tracking and compliance. What you will learn: Understand the core principles of cloud monitoring, resource auditing, and configuration management; Configure CloudWatch to collect metrics, monitor logs, and set up automated alarms for system anomalies; Track user activity and API calls across your infrastructure using CloudTrail to ensure security compliance; Implement AWS Config to record resource changes, evaluate configurations against rules, and maintain compliance history; Combine these services to build an automated, self-healing, and fully audited cloud architecture. The course guides you step-by-step from initial setup and basic terminology to implementing real-world monitoring and auditing strategies. It is designed specifically for beginners, system administrators, and security newcomers with no prior cloud auditing experience. Start reading today to build a secure, observable, and compliant AWS environment.