AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional (DOP-C02) Domain 4

Monitoring and Logging

Official Exam Guide: Domain 4: Monitoring and Logging

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Domain Overview

Domain 4 (15%) focuses on configuring log/metric collection, auditing and analyzing logs, and automating monitoring and event management.

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Task 4.1: Configure collection, aggregation, and storage of logs and metrics

Essential Documentation:

• Amazon CloudWatch Monitoring
• Amazon CloudWatch Logs
• CloudWatch Metric Streams
• CloudWatch Agent
• AWS KMS Developer Guide
• Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

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Task 4.2: Audit, monitor, and analyze logs and metrics

Essential Documentation:

• CloudWatch Logs Insights
• CloudWatch Dashboards
• AWS X-Ray Developer Guide
• Amazon Athena User Guide
• AWS CloudTrail User Guide
• AWS Config Developer Guide

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Task 4.3: Automate monitoring and event management

Essential Documentation:

• CloudWatch Alarms
• Amazon EventBridge User Guide
• Amazon SNS Developer Guide
• AWS Lambda Developer Guide
• Systems Manager Automation

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AWS Service FAQs

• Amazon CloudWatch FAQs
• AWS X-Ray FAQs
• Amazon EventBridge FAQs

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Study Tips

1. Master CloudWatch - Custom metrics, metric filters from logs, composite alarms, anomaly detection, dashboards.

2. Learn log analysis - CloudWatch Logs Insights query syntax, Athena for S3 log analysis, X-Ray for distributed tracing.

3. Understand event-driven automation - EventBridge rules triggering Lambda, SNS notifications, Systems Manager Automation.

4. Practice metric streams - Real-time streaming to Kinesis Firehose, S3, third-party destinations.

5. Study agent configuration - CloudWatch Agent for custom metrics, SSM Agent for managed instances, unified CloudWatch agent.

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Note: This is Domain 4 of 6, representing 15% of exam content.