A comprehensive guide to building CloudWatch dashboards using Pulumi infrastructure as code. Covers creating a custom DashboardBuilder class for type-safe widget management, monitoring metrics across CloudFront, Lambda, and DynamoDB, and implementing observability as code practices. Includes practical examples of tracking requests, latencies, error rates, and capacity units with automatic layout management.
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IntroductionWhy Infrastructure as Code for CloudWatch DashboardsUsing the Pulumi Provider with SSTCreating Our First DashboardAdding Metrics and WidgetsDashboard Metrics BreakdownConclusionSort: