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Troubleshoot an EC2 Instance by Using a CloudWatch Alarm

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Part of AWS Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation SOA.1 Topic: AWS

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What you'll do

In this challenge, you will configure CloudWatch to generate an alarm when memory usage reaches a specific level, and then automatically restart an Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2) instance.

Create a CloudWatch alarm for memory usage on an EC2 instance
Connect to the console of the EC2 instance by using EC2 Instance Connect
Install a stress testing tool
Run a stress test to simulate memory usage
Monitor the CloudWatch alarm until it is triggered
Verify that the EC2 instance restarts

Note: Once you begin the lab, you will not be able to pause, save, or exit and then return to your lab. Please ensure that you have set aside enough time to complete the lab before you start.

⏱ About 30 minutes
Counts towards: AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate (exam SOA-C03) · AWS Solutions Architect Associate (exam SAA-C03) · CompTIA Cloud+ (exam CV0-004)

Roadmaps that use this lab

CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-004) — step 5: Troubleshoot cloud deployments
AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate — step 3: Secure, monitor and recover it
Cloud Security Engineer — career path — step 7: Detect and respond in the cloud