AWS CloudTrail vs CloudWatch vs Config: what to use and when
Short version: CloudTrail is your audit log of API activity, CloudWatch is telemetry + alerting (metrics/logs/events), and Config is resource inventory + compliance. You probably need all three, wired together sensibly. Who does what Goal CloudTrail CloudWatch Config Audit every API call (who/what/when/where) ✔️ — — Real-time alerts (errors, patterns, thresholds) via Logs → Metric … Read more