aws-cloud-monitoring

To monitor AWS CloudWatch metrics and alarms, you query performance metrics for EC2, VPN, NAT Gateway, and ELB, then inspect alarms to check resource health. This provides a consolidated infrastructure status view.

Yes, you can search CloudWatch logs to troubleshoot AWS infrastructure issues using CloudWatch Logs Insights. This allows you to search and analyze log data to identify root causes of operational problems.

VPC flow log analysis identifies dropped network connections by examining network traffic patterns within VPCs and Transit Gateways. This helps you understand traffic flows and pinpoint where connections are being dropped.

Yes, you need AWS credentials to query metrics in specific AWS regions. The monitoring capability scopes to specific AWS regions and requires valid credentials to access your CloudWatch metrics, logs, and alarms.

The best way to check AWS network performance across VPNs and ELBs is to gather key metrics for these services alongside Transit Gateways and NAT Gateways. This presents a consolidated health dashboard for your network.