tldr/pages/common/aws-cloudwatch.md

aws cloudwatch

Monitor AWS resources to gain system-wide visibility into resource utilization, application performance, and operational health. More information: https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/cloudwatch/index.html.

• List dashboards for your account:

aws cloudwatch list-dashboards

• Display details for the specified dashboard:

aws cloudwatch get-dashboard --dashboard-name {{dashboard_name}}

• List metrics:

aws cloudwatch list-metrics

• List alarms:

aws cloudwatch describe-alarms

• Create or update an alarm and associate it with a metric:

aws cloudwatch put-metric-alarm --alarm-name {{alarm_name}} --evaluation-periods {{evaluation_periods}} --comparison-operator {{comparison_operator}}

• Delete the specified alarms:

aws cloudwatch delete-alarms --alarm_names {{alarm_names}}

• Delete the specified dashboards:

aws cloudwatch delete-dashboards --dashboard-names {{dashboard_names}}