Comparing CloudWatch Agent, SSM Agent, and Custom Daemon Scripts for Cloud Monitoring

CloudWatch Agent is a powerful tool designed to collect detailed system-level metrics and logs from AWS environments and on-premises servers. It acts as the cornerstone of observability in cloud infrastructures, enabling engineers to gain insights into CPU usage, memory consumption, disk activity, network throughput, and application-level telemetry. Unlike default CloudWatch metrics, the agent offers customizable… Read More »