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alarms

Creates, updates, deletes or gets an alarm resource or lists alarms in a region

Overview

Namealarms
TypeResource
DescriptionResource Type definition for AWS::Lightsail::Alarm
Idaws.lightsail.alarms

Fields

NameDatatypeDescription
alarm_namestringThe name for the alarm. Specify the name of an existing alarm to update, and overwrite the previous configuration of the alarm.
monitored_resource_namestringThe validation status of the SSL/TLS certificate.
metric_namestringThe name of the metric to associate with the alarm.
comparison_operatorstringThe arithmetic operation to use when comparing the specified statistic to the threshold. The specified statistic value is used as the first operand.
contact_protocolsarrayThe contact protocols to use for the alarm, such as Email, SMS (text messaging), or both.
alarm_arnstring
datapoints_to_alarmintegerThe number of data points that must be not within the specified threshold to trigger the alarm. If you are setting an "M out of N" alarm, this value (datapointsToAlarm) is the M.
evaluation_periodsintegerThe number of most recent periods over which data is compared to the specified threshold. If you are setting an "M out of N" alarm, this value (evaluationPeriods) is the N.
notification_enabledbooleanIndicates whether the alarm is enabled. Notifications are enabled by default if you don't specify this parameter.
notification_triggersarrayThe alarm states that trigger a notification.
thresholdnumberThe value against which the specified statistic is compared.
treat_missing_datastringSets how this alarm will handle missing data points.
statestringThe current state of the alarm.
regionstringAWS region.

Methods

NameAccessible byRequired Params
create_resourceINSERTAlarmName, MonitoredResourceName, MetricName, ComparisonOperator, EvaluationPeriods, Threshold, region
delete_resourceDELETEdata__Identifier, region
update_resourceUPDATEdata__Identifier, data__PatchDocument, region
list_resourcesSELECTregion
get_resourceSELECTdata__Identifier, region

SELECT examples

Gets all alarms in a region.

SELECT
region,
alarm_name,
monitored_resource_name,
metric_name,
comparison_operator,
contact_protocols,
alarm_arn,
datapoints_to_alarm,
evaluation_periods,
notification_enabled,
notification_triggers,
threshold,
treat_missing_data,
state
FROM aws.lightsail.alarms
WHERE region = 'us-east-1';

Gets all properties from an individual alarm.

SELECT
region,
alarm_name,
monitored_resource_name,
metric_name,
comparison_operator,
contact_protocols,
alarm_arn,
datapoints_to_alarm,
evaluation_periods,
notification_enabled,
notification_triggers,
threshold,
treat_missing_data,
state
FROM aws.lightsail.alarms
WHERE region = 'us-east-1' AND data__Identifier = '<AlarmName>';

INSERT example

Use the following StackQL query and manifest file to create a new alarm resource, using stack-deploy.

/*+ create */
INSERT INTO aws.lightsail.alarms (
AlarmName,
MonitoredResourceName,
MetricName,
ComparisonOperator,
EvaluationPeriods,
Threshold,
region
)
SELECT
'{{ AlarmName }}',
'{{ MonitoredResourceName }}',
'{{ MetricName }}',
'{{ ComparisonOperator }}',
'{{ EvaluationPeriods }}',
'{{ Threshold }}',
'{{ region }}';

DELETE example

/*+ delete */
DELETE FROM aws.lightsail.alarms
WHERE data__Identifier = '<AlarmName>'
AND region = 'us-east-1';

Permissions

To operate on the alarms resource, the following permissions are required:

Create

lightsail:PutAlarm,
lightsail:GetAlarms

Read

lightsail:GetAlarms

Update

lightsail:PutAlarm,
lightsail:GetAlarms

Delete

lightsail:DeleteAlarm,
lightsail:GetAlarms

List

lightsail:GetAlarms