Alarm - Amazon Lightsail
ContentsSee Also

Alarm

Describes an alarm.

An alarm is a way to monitor your Lightsail resource metrics. For more information, see Alarms in Amazon Lightsail.

Contents

arn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the alarm.

Type: String

Pattern: .*\S.*

Required: No

comparisonOperator

The arithmetic operation used when comparing the specified statistic and threshold.

Type: String

Valid Values: GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold | GreaterThanThreshold | LessThanThreshold | LessThanOrEqualToThreshold

Required: No

contactProtocols

The contact protocols for the alarm, such as Email, SMS (text messaging), or both.

Type: Array of strings

Valid Values: Email | SMS

Required: No

createdAt

The timestamp when the alarm was created.

Type: Timestamp

Required: No

datapointsToAlarm

The number of data points that must not within the specified threshold to trigger the alarm.

Type: Integer

Required: No

evaluationPeriods

The number of periods over which data is compared to the specified threshold.

Type: Integer

Required: No

location

An object that lists information about the location of the alarm.

Type: ResourceLocation object

Required: No

metricName

The name of the metric associated with the alarm.

Type: String

Valid Values: CPUUtilization | NetworkIn | NetworkOut | StatusCheckFailed | StatusCheckFailed_Instance | StatusCheckFailed_System | ClientTLSNegotiationErrorCount | HealthyHostCount | UnhealthyHostCount | HTTPCode_LB_4XX_Count | HTTPCode_LB_5XX_Count | HTTPCode_Instance_2XX_Count | HTTPCode_Instance_3XX_Count | HTTPCode_Instance_4XX_Count | HTTPCode_Instance_5XX_Count | InstanceResponseTime | RejectedConnectionCount | RequestCount | DatabaseConnections | DiskQueueDepth | FreeStorageSpace | NetworkReceiveThroughput | NetworkTransmitThroughput | BurstCapacityTime | BurstCapacityPercentage

Required: No

monitoredResourceInfo

An object that lists information about the resource monitored by the alarm.

Type: MonitoredResourceInfo object

Required: No

name

The name of the alarm.

Type: String

Pattern: \w[\w\-]*\w

Required: No

notificationEnabled

Indicates whether the alarm is enabled.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

notificationTriggers

The alarm states that trigger a notification.

Type: Array of strings

Valid Values: OK | ALARM | INSUFFICIENT_DATA

Required: No

period

The period, in seconds, over which the statistic is applied.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 60. Maximum value of 86400.

Required: No

resourceType

The Lightsail resource type of the alarm.

Type: String

Valid Values: ContainerService | Instance | StaticIp | KeyPair | InstanceSnapshot | Domain | PeeredVpc | LoadBalancer | LoadBalancerTlsCertificate | Disk | DiskSnapshot | RelationalDatabase | RelationalDatabaseSnapshot | ExportSnapshotRecord | CloudFormationStackRecord | Alarm | ContactMethod | Distribution | Certificate | Bucket

Required: No

state

The current state of the alarm.

An alarm has the following possible states:

  • ALARM - The metric is outside of the defined threshold.

  • INSUFFICIENT_DATA - The alarm has just started, the metric is not available, or not enough data is available for the metric to determine the alarm state.

  • OK - The metric is within the defined threshold.

Type: String

Valid Values: OK | ALARM | INSUFFICIENT_DATA

Required: No

statistic

The statistic for the metric associated with the alarm.

The following statistics are available:

  • Minimum - The lowest value observed during the specified period. Use this value to determine low volumes of activity for your application.

  • Maximum - The highest value observed during the specified period. Use this value to determine high volumes of activity for your application.

  • Sum - All values submitted for the matching metric added together. You can use this statistic to determine the total volume of a metric.

  • Average - The value of Sum / SampleCount during the specified period. By comparing this statistic with the Minimum and Maximum values, you can determine the full scope of a metric and how close the average use is to the Minimum and Maximum values. This comparison helps you to know when to increase or decrease your resources.

  • SampleCount - The count, or number, of data points used for the statistical calculation.

Type: String

Valid Values: Minimum | Maximum | Sum | Average | SampleCount

Required: No

supportCode

The support code. Include this code in your email to support when you have questions about your Lightsail alarm. This code enables our support team to look up your Lightsail information more easily.

Type: String

Required: No

threshold

The value against which the specified statistic is compared.

Type: Double

Required: No

treatMissingData

Specifies how the alarm handles missing data points.

An alarm can treat missing data in the following ways:

  • breaching - Assume the missing data is not within the threshold. Missing data counts towards the number of times the metric is not within the threshold.

  • notBreaching - Assume the missing data is within the threshold. Missing data does not count towards the number of times the metric is not within the threshold.

  • ignore - Ignore the missing data. Maintains the current alarm state.

  • missing - Missing data is treated as missing.

Type: String

Valid Values: breaching | notBreaching | ignore | missing

Required: No

unit

The unit of the metric associated with the alarm.

Type: String

Valid Values: Seconds | Microseconds | Milliseconds | Bytes | Kilobytes | Megabytes | Gigabytes | Terabytes | Bits | Kilobits | Megabits | Gigabits | Terabits | Percent | Count | Bytes/Second | Kilobytes/Second | Megabytes/Second | Gigabytes/Second | Terabytes/Second | Bits/Second | Kilobits/Second | Megabits/Second | Gigabits/Second | Terabits/Second | Count/Second | None

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: