Amazon EC2 Application Status Checks: Setup Guide and Auto Scaling Integration On August 12, 2026, AWS shipped a status check type EC2 has never had: one that actually asks your application whether it's healthy, instead of asking the VM. The existing system and instance status checks only tell you the hypervisor is …

CloudWatch Managed Prometheus Collectors: Setup Guide for EC2 and ECS If you've been running your own OpenTelemetry Collector just to get Prometheus metrics into CloudWatch, AWS shipped the fix in late July 2026: managed Prometheus collectors. You hand CloudWatch a scrape config and a VPC connection, and it provisions, …

CloudWatch Query Studio: AWS Announces Powerful Data Exploration (Coming 2026!) Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to innovate in the cloud monitoring space! Today, they announced a preview of CloudWatch Query Studio, a new tool designed to revolutionize how you explore and analyze your monitoring data directly within …

CloudWatch & CloudFront: Turbocharging Your 2026 Content Delivery! (AWS Update) The year is 2026, and content delivery is king! In a world of instant gratification, users expect lightning-fast load times and seamless experiences. That's why the latest integration between Amazon CloudWatch and CloudFront is such a …

CloudWatch Embraces OpenTelemetry: Simplified Metrics in AWS (Finally!) Finally! The day has arrived. Amazon CloudWatch is making OpenTelemetry metrics a whole lot easier to handle. For years, developers have grappled with the complexities of integrating diverse monitoring tools and formats. This new integration …

AWS CloudWatch & Security Hub Integration: Level Up Your Security in 2026! The cloud landscape is constantly evolving, and with it, so do the threats. As we move into 2026, proactive security measures are no longer optional – they're essential. Amazon Web Services (AWS) recognizes this, and their latest integration …

AWS CloudWatch Centralization: Monitor Everything from One Place! (2026 Update) Are you tired of juggling multiple dashboards and struggling to correlate data across different AWS services? The good news is, AWS has heard your pleas! In a major update to CloudWatch, announced today, they're rolling out a new …

AWS CloudWatch Gets Smarter: Organization-Wide EC2 Metrics & What It Means for Your Cloud in 2026 Are you drowning in a sea of EC2 instances, struggling to keep tabs on their performance across multiple AWS accounts? Do you wish you had a single pane of glass to monitor everything? Well, AWS has just answered your …

AWS CloudWatch Application Signals Adds SLO Capabilities: Your Guide to Reliable Gaming (and More!) The cloud landscape is constantly evolving, and with it, the need for robust monitoring solutions that ensure optimal application performance and reliability. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has just announced a significant …

Today I will show you, how you can restart your AWS ECS services using Lambda (Python) and Cloudwatch. Step 1: Create a Policy which has ECS services update permission and has Cloudwatch permission. Create new Policy and paste the below policy in it: 1{ 2 "Version": "2012-10-17", 3 "Statement": [ 4 { 5 "Effect": …