Create a CloudWatch alarm that sends an Amazon SNS message or performs an action when the alarm changes state.

Lists the metrics that AWS recommends that you set alarms on to monitor your AWS infrastructure.

With CloudWatch, you can combine several alarms into one composite alarm to create a summarized, aggregated health indicator over a whole application or group of resources. Composite alarms are alarms that determine their state by monitoring the states of other alarms.

Dec 20, 2023 · In this blog we will show how Amazon CloudWatch Alarm recommendations can help you create and manage a cohesive set of curated, best practice alarms for your AWS resources with all the benefits of infrastructure-as-code and console experience.

Dec 3, 2010 · The new CloudWatch Alarms feature allows you to watch CloudWatch metrics and to receive notifications when the metrics fall outside of the levels (high or low thresholds) that you configure. You can attach multiple Alarms to each metric and each one can have multiple actions. Here’s how they relate to each other:

Jan 28, 2022 · In this post, I will show you how to use Amazon EventBridge, AWS Step Function, and AWS Lambda to enable repeated alarm notification on selected CloudWatch Alarms. I will also discuss the other customization use cases that can be achieved with alarm state change using the same solution model.

Feb 27, 2025 · Want to monitor your AWS Lambda functions effectively? Setting up Amazon CloudWatch alarms is the key. These alarms help you track critical metrics like errors, execution time, and throttling, ensuring your serverless applications run smoothly. Here's a quick overview of what you'll learn:

To combine multiple CloudWatch alarms into one alarm, create a composite alarm. When you create a composite alarm, you must create rules and define the rules to combine the status of the monitored alarms.

Provides examples and tutorials for common CloudWatch alarm uses cases.

Jun 30, 2022 · Creating a CloudWatch Alarm is a precise process that requires maintaining a set of rules to ensure that the proper measures are taken when the right conditions are met. The process includes 10 individual steps and below is a step-by-step guide with the appropriate precautions: Alarms.