AWS Automation
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TODO:
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* triggering processes in Redshift, Glue, instantiating EC2 instances, etc
* Logging of multi-resource workflows to debug problems - may be simple, but any tips
  would be appreciated


Notes to be Organized and Completed
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Automation
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* Initiate a stored procedure in Redshift and pass it a parameters
* Billing and Cost management - Cost Explorer

  * Need permissions for that

* https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/building-an-event-driven-application-with-aws-lambda-and-the-amazon-redshift-data-api/



Logging
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* Cloudtrail monitoring - can do your work, then it will tell you what permissions
  you’ve been using, control - log in , log out, authentication, administrative, action,
  role that allowed action
* Cloudwatch - app logs and performance , can install cloudwatch agent, have it write
  logs to a log
* https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/monitoring-cloudtrail.html