The latest articles on DEV Community by Romexsoft (@romexsoft). https://dev.to/romexsoft https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F586063%2Fddd27971-918e-4936-ba77-bd47d0b33d34.png https://dev.to/romexsoft en Romexsoft Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:37:27 +0000 https://dev.to/romexsoft/the-best-3-tools-for-aws-monitoring-and-optimization-5ckc https://dev.to/romexsoft/the-best-3-tools-for-aws-monitoring-and-optimization-5ckc <p>Application owners know from experience that they need to launch lots of tools and services to bring a single product to the market. Sometimes, it may be complicated to keep an eye on possible bugs, performance incidents, servers. Fortunately, AWS offers services that replace all the computer parts and integrates with monitoring tools to reduce manual optimization and checking.</p> <p>AWS is a proven high-quality ecosystem that provides one of the best solutions for both on-premises and cloud computing companies. There are as good as <a href="https://www.contino.io/insights/whos-using-aws">1 million AWS customers</a>, including Netflix, Twitter, BBC and more. All the tools are integrated and form one significant infrastructure.</p> <p>In this article, I will list the top AWS cloud monitoring tools that will help you to increase team efficiency, visualize app performance and collect data.</p> <h2>The Best 3 Tools For AWS Monitoring And Optimization</h2> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--wpfb0L9v--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://www.romexsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/zabbix-e1552399127512-1.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img class=" wp-image-5223 alignleft" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--wpfb0L9v--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://www.romexsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/zabbix-e1552399127512-1.png" alt="Zabbix logo" width="150" height="150"></a></p> <h3>1. Zabbix</h3> <p>Zabbix is an open-source software for clouds, apps, virtual machines, hardware, databases monitoring. When integrated with AWS CloudWatch, Zabbix allows discovering AWS S3 buckets - their size, type and performance.</p> <p>The service provides a smart alert system that sends messages when there is any change in the AWS system. Zabbix sends alerts to the nearest free team member to solve the problem quickly.</p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--sAjduM0v--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://cloudfront.romexsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22163157/nagiosxi-550x550-1-300x300.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img class="wp-image-12460 alignleft" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--sAjduM0v--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://cloudfront.romexsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22163157/nagiosxi-550x550-1-300x300.png" alt="nagios xi logo" width="154" height="154"></a></p> <h3>2. Nagios XI</h3> <p>Nagios XI provides monitoring in AWS and predicts future trends, and sends alerts in case of issues. The service uses Nagios 4 Core monitoring engine, provides convenient graphs and analytics. Moreover, it allows enterprises to plan upgrades and manage infrastructure.</p> <p>Nagios XI is compatible with Amazon Cloud Watch. You can use it with other AWS tools to manage your applications and check whether they run smoothly. Use the service with AWS EC2 instances and S3 to track latency and data log metrics.</p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--VApBGDyW--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://cloudfront.romexsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22163620/appdynamics-squarelogo.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img class=" wp-image-12461 alignleft" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--VApBGDyW--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://cloudfront.romexsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/22163620/appdynamics-squarelogo.png" alt="app dynamics дщпщ" width="150" height="150"></a></p> <h3>3. App Dynamics</h3> <p>App Dynamics is one of the AWS monitoring tools for your application infrastructure management. It operates well regardless of the underlying AWS structure - AWS Fargate, Lambda, EKS, AWS EC2 instances. App Dynamics provides clients with a convenient user interface that displays resource utilization, expenses and activity. With this data, you can maximize the business impact of your company.</p> <p>The service isn’t open-source, but there is a free trial you could use.</p> <p>Read more about  <a href="https://www.romexsoft.com/blog/the-best-10-tools-for-aws-monitoring-and-optimization/">AWS Monitoring Tools</a>, <a href="https://www.romexsoft.com/blog/aws-cost-optimization-best-practices-and-strategies/">AWS Cost Optimization – Best Practices and Strategies</a></p> devops aws java docker