Apr 22
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to build complete observability into your AWS CI/CD pipeline. We cover the three pillars of observability, all four CloudWatch components, how to read and query pipeline logs, set up smart alerts, build a health dashboard, and follow a structured debugging workflow for common pipeline failures. What You Will Learn: - Why pipelines fail silently and how observability prevents blind spots - Monitoring vs Observability: Are things working vs Why is it broken - Three pillars: Logs (what happened), Metrics (how much), Traces (how requests flowed) - AWS CloudWatch overview: Logs, Metrics, Alarms and Dashboards - CodeBuild log groups: /aws/codebuild/my-project - CodeDeploy log groups: /aws/codedeploy/my-deployment - Using CloudWatch Logs Insights to query for ERROR and FAILED keywords across log groups - AWS CodePipeline CloudWatch Metrics: PipelineDuration and PipelineExecutionFailed (added Feb 2025) - Setting up CloudWatch Alarms: trigger SNS notification on first pipeline failure within 5 minutes - Integrating SNS with email, SMS, Slack and PagerDuty for alert delivery - Smart alert thresholds to avoid alert fatigue - Building a CloudWatch Dashboard with four widgets: success rate, build duration, deployments per day and recent failures - Common failure types and where to look: build errors, test failures, deployment issues, IAM permission errors, timeouts and resource errors - Structured debugging workflow: Identify failed stage, open logs, search for ERROR, fix and redeploy AWS Services Covered: - Amazon CloudWatch Logs: Searchable log storage for all pipeline services - Amazon CloudWatch Metrics: Numeric trends and graphs for CodeBuild and CodePipeline - Amazon CloudWatch Alarms: Automated threshold-based notifications - Amazon CloudWatch Dashboards: Visual pipeline health overview - CloudWatch Logs Insights: Interactive log query language - Amazon SNS: Alert delivery to email, SMS and third-party tools - AWS CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline: Log and metric sources ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🙍🏻♂️ Support this Channel by becoming YouTube Member ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Join Here: https://www.youtube.com/@dheeraj-choudhary/membership ➡️ Like 👍 if this helps ➡️ Subscribe 🔔 to learn more about Docker Essentials ➡️ Drop your questions in the comments 💬 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 00:42 - The Blind Pipeline Problem 02:05 - What is Observability? 03:49 - AWS CloudWatch Overview 05:29 - Reading Pipeline Logs in CloudWatch 10:49 - CloudWatch Logs Insights Queries 12:32 - Setting Up Smart Alarms and SNS Alerts 15:40 - Building a Pipeline Health Dashboard 21:27 - Common Failures and Debugging Workflow 🔔 Subscribe for weekly AWS, DevOps, and Cloud tutorials! 👍 Like this video if it helped you understand CI/CD clearly. 💬 Comment below: Are you new to DevOps or leveling up your AWS skills? #aws #cicd #devops #awsdevops #CodePipeline #CodeBuild #CodeDeploy #CodeCommit #cloudcomputing #learnaws #devopsengineer #cloudengineering #awsbeginner #continuousintegration #continuousdeployment #linux #dheerajchoudhary #dheerajtechinsights