CloudWatch Events

• To interecept events from AWS Services
  • Example: EC2 instance start, CodeBuild Failure, ...
  • Create a JSON payload and send it to target
    • Compute: Lambda, Batch, ECS,
    • Integration: SQS, SNS, Kinesis Data Streams, Kinesis Data Firehose
    • Orchestration: Step functions, Code Pipeline, Code Build
    • Maintenance: SSM, EC2 Actions
  • For third party integration, refer to EventBridge
• Schedule or Cron job