What is the difference between AWS CloudTrail and Amazon CloudWatch in terms of their primary functions?

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What is the difference between AWS CloudTrail and Amazon CloudWatch in terms of their primary functions?

Key points

  • CloudTrail tracks API calls for governance and security
  • CloudWatch collects operational metrics for performance monitoring
  • CloudTrail records who made API calls and what resources were affected
  • CloudWatch monitors metrics, logs, and events from AWS resources
  • CloudTrail is focused on auditing, while CloudWatch is focused on monitoring

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