A Mobile Application Running on Eight Amazon EC2 Instances Is

question 21

Multiple Choice

A mobile application running on eight Amazon EC2 instances is relying on a third-party API endpoint. The third-party service has a high failure rate because of limited capacity, which is expected to be resolved in a few weeks. In the meantime, the mobile application developers have added a retry mechanism and are logging failed API requests. A DevOps Engineer must automate the monitoring of application logs and count the specific error messages; if there are more than 10 errors within a 1-minute window, the system must issue an alert. How can the requirements be met with MINIMAL management overhead?

• A) Install the Amazon CloudWatch Logs agent on all instances to push the application logs to CloudWatch Logs. Use metric filters to count the error messages every minute, and trigger a CloudWatch alarm if the count exceeds 10 errors.
• B) Install the Amazon CloudWatch Logs agent on all instances to push the access logs to CloudWatch Logs. Create CloudWatch Events rule to count the error messages every minute, and trigger a CloudWatch alarm if the count exceeds 10 errors.
• C) Install the Amazon CloudWatch Logs agent on all instances to push the application logs to CloudWatchLogs. Use a metric filter to generate a custom CloudWatch metric that records the number of failures and triggers a CloudWatch alarm if the custom metric reaches 10 errors in a 1-minute period.
• D) Deploy a custom script on all instances to check application logs regularly in a cron job. Count the number of error messages every minute, and push a data point to a custom. CloudWatch metric. Trigger a CloudWatch alarm if the custom metric reaches 10 errors in a 1-minute period.

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