man mon-put-metric-alarm (1): Create a new alarm or update an existing one

SYNOPSIS

mon-put-metric-alarm
     AlarmName  --comparison-operator  value  --evaluation-periods  value
     --metric-name  value  --namespace  value  --period  value  --statistic
    value  --threshold  value [--actions-enabled  value ] [--alarm-actions
    value[,value...] ] [--alarm-description  value ] [--dimensions
    "key1=value1,key2=value2..." ] [--insufficient-data-actions
    value[,value...] ] [--ok-actions  value[,value...] ] [--unit  value ]
     [General Options]

DESCRIPTION

Create a new alarm or update an existing one

ARGUMENTS

AlarmName
Name of the alarm. You can also set this value using "--alarm-name".
Required.

SPECIFIC OPTIONS

--actions-enabled VALUE
Should actions be executed when this alarm changes state (true or
false).

--alarm-actions VALUE1,VALUE2,VALUE3...
SNS topics to which notification should be sent if the alarm goes to
state ALARM.

--alarm-description VALUE
Description of alarm.

--comparison-operator VALUE
    The operator with which the comparison with threshold will be made: one
    of  GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold, GreaterThanThreshold,
    LessThanThreshold and LessThanOrEqualToThreshold. Required.

--dimensions "key1=value1,key2=value2..."
Dimensions of the metric on which to alarm.

--evaluation-periods VALUE
Number of consecutive periods for which the value of the metric needs to
be compared to threshold. Required.

--insufficient-data-actions VALUE1,VALUE2,VALUE3...
SNS topics to which notification should be sent if the alarm goes to
state INSUFFICIENT_DATA.

--metric-name VALUE
The name of the metric on which to alarm. Required.

--namespace VALUE
Namespace of the metric on which to alarm. Required.

--ok-actions VALUE1,VALUE2,VALUE3...
SNS topics to which notification should be sent if the alarm goes to
state OK.

--period VALUE
Period of metric on which to alarm. Required.

--statistic VALUE
The statistic of the metric on which to alarm. Possible values are
SampleCount, Average, Sum, Minimum, Maximum. Required.

--threshold VALUE
The threshold with which the metric value will be compared. Required.

--unit VALUE
The unit of the metric on which to alarm.

GENERAL OPTIONS

--aws-credential-file VALUE
Location of the file with your AWS credentials. This value can be set by
using the environment variable 'AWS_CREDENTIAL_FILE'.

-C, --ec2-cert-file-path VALUE
Location of your EC2 certificate file. This value can be set by using the
environment variable 'EC2_CERT'.

--connection-timeout VALUE
Specify a connection timeout VALUE (in seconds). The default value is
'30'.

--delimiter VALUE
What delimiter to use when displaying delimited (long) results.

--headers
    If you are displaying tabular or delimited results, it includes the
    column headers. If you are showing xml results, it returns the HTTP
    headers from the service request, if applicable. This is off by default.

-I, --access-key-id VALUE
Specify VALUE as the AWS Access Id to use.

-K, --ec2-private-key-file-path VALUE
Location of your EC2 private key file. This value can be set by using the
environment variable 'EC2_PRIVATE_KEY'.

--region VALUE
Specify region VALUE as the web service region to use. This value can be
set by using the environment variable 'EC2_REGION'.

-S, --secret-key VALUE
Specify VALUE as the AWS Secret Key to use.

--show-empty-fields
Show empty fields and rows, using a "(nil)" value. The default is to not
show empty fields or columns.

--show-request
Displays the URL the tools used to call the AWS Service. The default
value is 'false'.

--show-table, --show-long, --show-xml, --quiet
    Specify how the results are displayed: tabular, delimited (long), xml, or
    no output (quiet). Tabular shows a subset of the data in fixed
    column-width form, while long shows all of the returned values delimited
    by a character. The xml is the raw return from the service, while quiet
    suppresses all standard output. The default is tabular, or 'show-table'.

-U, --url VALUE
This option will override the URL for the service call with VALUE. This
value can be set by using the environment variable 'AWS_CLOUDWATCH_URL'.

INPUT EXAMPLES

Create an alarm my-alarm which publishes a message to a topic when CPU
utilization of an EC2 instances exceeds 90% for 3 consecutive 1 min periods.