What does Amazon CloudWatch provide insights into?

Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service designed to provide insights into various aspects of AWS resources and applications. It primarily focuses on the performance of applications and the operational health of AWS infrastructure. Through metrics, logs, and alarms, CloudWatch enables users to collect and track performance data in real-time.

For instance, CloudWatch allows you to monitor CPU utilization, memory usage, and request counts across your applications and resources. This information is critical for understanding how well your applications are performing and for detecting potential issues that might affect availability and responsiveness. In addition, CloudWatch can be configured to send alerts based on specific thresholds, facilitating proactive management of resources to ensure that applications remain healthy and performant.

While insights into costs, resource configuration, and security compliance are important, they fall outside the primary scope of Amazon CloudWatch's monitoring capabilities. Instead, these aspects are typically managed through other AWS services or tools designed specifically for those purposes.