Logging and monitoring in Amazon Direct Connect - Amazon Direct Connect
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Logging and monitoring in Amazon Direct Connect

You can use the following automated monitoring tools to watch Amazon Direct Connect and report when something is wrong:

  • Amazon CloudWatch Alarms – Watch a single metric over a time period that you specify. Perform one or more actions based on the value of the metric relative to a given threshold over a number of time periods. The action is a notification sent to an Amazon SNS topic. CloudWatch alarms do not invoke actions simply because they are in a particular state; the state must have changed and been maintained for a specified number of periods. For more information, see Monitor with Amazon CloudWatch.

  • Amazon CloudTrail Log Monitoring – Share log files between accounts and monitor CloudTrail log files in real time by sending them to CloudWatch Logs. You can also write log processing applications in Java and validate that your log files have not changed after delivery by CloudTrail. For more information, see Log Amazon Direct Connect API calls using Amazon CloudTrail and Working with CloudTrail Log Files in the Amazon CloudTrail User Guide.

For more information, see Monitor Direct Connect resources.