Last updated: 2026-03-14

12 Critical Cloud Monitoring Checks + Free Expert Review

By Steve Rastall — CEO at IG Cloudops & ScalerPi | Bridging Edge, Cloud & AI | IoT Solutions with Raspberry Pi | AWS and Azure | PadelEngine investor

Gain a concise, actionable checklist of the 12 essential monitoring items for AWS and Azure, paired with expert validation of your monitoring setup to improve reliability and prevent outages.

Published: 2026-03-14

Primary Outcome

Implement the 12 essential monitoring checks and achieve a more reliable, outage-resistant AWS/Azure environment through expert setup validation.

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What You'll Learn

Prerequisites

About the Creator

Steve Rastall — CEO at IG Cloudops & ScalerPi | Bridging Edge, Cloud & AI | IoT Solutions with Raspberry Pi | AWS and Azure | PadelEngine investor

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What is "12 Critical Cloud Monitoring Checks + Free Expert Review"?

Gain a concise, actionable checklist of the 12 essential monitoring items for AWS and Azure, paired with expert validation of your monitoring setup to improve reliability and prevent outages.

Who created this playbook?

Created by Steve Rastall, CEO at IG Cloudops & ScalerPi | Bridging Edge, Cloud & AI | IoT Solutions with Raspberry Pi | AWS and Azure | PadelEngine investor.

Who is this playbook for?

Senior Cloud Architect at a SaaS company responsible for AWS or Azure reliability, Site Reliability Engineer tasked with confirming monitoring coverage across microservices, Cloud Operations Manager seeking an objective assessment of their monitoring stack

What are the prerequisites?

Business operations experience. Access to workflow tools. 2–3 hours per week.

What's included?

12 essential checks. expert validation. outage prevention

How much does it cost?

$0.75.

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