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Prerequisites for Configuring the AWS CloudWatch Alarms Cloud Collector

Before you configure the AWS CloudWatch Alarms cloud collector, you must complete the following prerequisites.

Create a CloudWatch Alarm

Ensure that you have created the alarms in the AWS CloudWatch dashboard for the cloud collector to collect events related to alarms. Use the following steps to create a CloudWatch Alarm.

  1. On the AWS CloudWatch dashboard, navigate to Alarms > All alarms.

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  2. On the Alarms page, click Create alarm.

  3. To select a metric on which you want to create the CloudWatch Alarm, click Select metric.

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  4. Select a metric type. Based on the metric that you select, you can configure the conditions. This example explains SQS metric.

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  5. Select a specific metric to configure an alarm and click Select metric.

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  6. Add specific conditions for the metric. You can specify statistic, period, and thresholds, and comparison operators.

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  7. Click Next and set notifications for the alarm that will be created.

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  8. Enter a name and description for the alarm and click Next.

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  9. Preview the details and click Create alarm.

    The alarm that you created is listed in the Alarms list.

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