Add a probe to a monitor

You can add a probe to an existing monitor. Note that when you add probes to a monitor, your billing structure is updated to include the new probe.

Add a probe to a monitor by using the console

To add a probe to a monitor using the console

1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/, and then under Network Monitoring, choose Network Monitor.

2. In the Network monitors section, do one of the following:

   • Choose the Name link of the monitor that you want to add a probe to. Choose the Monitor details tab, and then in the Probes section, choose Add probe.

   • Choose the monitor check box, choose Actions, and then choose Add probe.

3. On the Add probe page, do the following:

   1. Under AWS network source, choose a subnet to add to the monitor.

      Note

      You can only add one probe at a time and up to four probes per monitor.

   2. Enter the destination IP address of the on-premises network. Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are supported.

   3. Choose Advanced settings.

   4. Choose the network Protocol for the destination. It can be either ICMP or TCP.

   5. If the Protocol is TCP, enter the following information. Otherwise, skip to the next step:

      • Enter the Port that your network uses to connect. The port must be a number from 1 to 65535.

      • Enter the Packet size. This is the size, in bytes, of each packet sent along the probe between the source and destination. Packet size must be a number from 56 to 8500.

4. (Optional) In the Tags section, add Key and Value pairs to further help identify this resource, allowing you to search or filter on specific information.

   1. Choose Add new tag.

   2. Enter a Key name and associated Value.

   3. Choose Add new tag to add the new tag.

      You can add multiple tags by choosing Add new tag, or you can remove any tag by choosing Remove.

5. Choose Add probe.

   While the probe is being activated, the State shows Pending. It might take several minutes for the probe to become Active.

Add a probe to monitor by using the CLI

Add a probe to a monitor by using the AWS Command Line Interface. You can only use this command for add a single probe at a time.

To add a probe to monitor using the command line or API

1. Use list-monitors to get a list of your monitors if you don't know the name of the monitor. Note the name of the monitor that you want to add a probe to.

2. Use create-probe to add a probe to the monitor.