DOP-C02 Question 263
Select 3Your organization runs a complex multi-account AWS environment with hundreds of applications across various AWS services. The team is experiencing challenges with monitoring critical metrics and detecting anomalies across the entire environment. They also want to implement automated responses to certain events, such as restarting an instance or scaling resources. Which combination of approaches would best meet these requirements?
- A
Use Amazon CloudWatch for centralized monitoring of metrics, set up anomaly detection on key metrics, and configure CloudWatch Alarms to trigger automated actions.
- B
Deploy Amazon EventBridge to create rules that detect specific patterns in events and route them to AWS Lambda functions for automated responses.
- C
Leverage AWS Config to track configuration changes and integrate it with AWS Systems Manager Automation documents for corrective actions.
- D
Use AWS Trusted Advisor to monitor metrics and trigger automatic responses to anomalies in your environment.
- E
Enable CloudTrail to monitor API activity and configure SNS notifications to alert on specific activity patterns.
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Correct answers: A, B, C
Explanation
To automate monitoring and event management in a complex environment, you need a combination of tools that can monitor metrics, detect anomalies, and automate responses to specific events. Amazon CloudWatch, EventBridge, and Config each provide complementary capabilities that address these requirements. Trusted Advisor and CloudTrail, while valuable for specific use cases, do not directly fulfill the requirements for centralized monitoring, anomaly detection, and automated responses.
- A. Correct.
Using Amazon CloudWatch provides centralized monitoring for metrics and includes anomaly detection capabilities. CloudWatch Alarms can trigger automated actions, such as invoking an Auto Scaling policy or an AWS Lambda function.
- B. Correct.
Amazon EventBridge is designed to detect specific patterns in events across your environment and route them to other AWS services or custom automation workflows, making it ideal for automating responses to events.
- C. Correct.
AWS Config can track configuration changes and evaluate them against compliance rules. When integrated with AWS Systems Manager Automation documents, it can perform corrective actions to remediate issues automatically.
- D. Incorrect.
AWS Trusted Advisor provides recommendations for optimizing your AWS environment but does not provide real-time monitoring or automatic responses to anomalies.
- E. Incorrect.
CloudTrail is a logging service for API activity across your AWS accounts. While it can alert on specific activity patterns using services like SNS, it is not designed for monitoring application or infrastructure metrics or automating responses to anomalies.