ADVOPS02-BP03 Implement centralized logging to aggregate logs from all components of your advertising stack
To provide comprehensive visibility and operational efficiency across your advertising stack, implement a centralized logging solution. You can gain a holistic view of your system's performance and behavior by aggregating logs from all components of your advertising stack, including third-party integrations and custom applications.
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Amazon OpenSearch Service
Use Amazon OpenSearch Service to aggregate logs from all core components of the advertising workload, including ad serving components like AWS Fargate tasks, Amazon EC2 instances, or AWS Lambda functions. OpenSearch provides a robust, scalable, and highly-available log aggregation solution with powerful search and analytics capabilities. Use this approach to have a consolidated view of logs across your entire advertising ecosystem, facilitating faster issue detection and resolution.
Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Alternatively, you can use Amazon CloudWatch Logs to capture and aggregate logs specifically from your ad serving components. CloudWatch Logs is a fully-managed service that makes it easy to monitor, store, and access your log files from various AWS services and on-premises sources. If your primary focus is on monitoring and analyzing the logs related to your ad serving components, CloudWatch Logs can be a suitable option.
The choice between OpenSearch and CloudWatch Logs for ad serving logs depends on your specific requirements and the overall complexity of your advertising workload. If you need a comprehensive, cross-component log aggregation and analysis solution, OpenSearch may be the preferred choice. However, if your needs are more focused on the ad serving components, CloudWatch Logs can be a simpler and more cost-effective option.
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