Displays a list of categories for all event source types, or, if specified, for a specified source type. You can see a list of the event categories and source types in the Events topic in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
See also: AWS API Documentation
See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.
describe-event-categories
[--source-type <value>]
[--filters <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
--source-type (string)
The type of source that is generating the events.
Valid values: db-instance | db-parameter-group | db-security-group | db-snapshot
--filters (list)
This parameter isn't currently supported.
Shorthand Syntax:
Name=string,Values=string,string ...
JSON Syntax:
[
{
"Name": "string",
"Values": ["string", ...]
}
...
]
--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.
--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.
See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.
To describe event categories
The following describe-event-categories example retrieves details about the event categories for all available event sources.
aws rds describe-event-categories
Output:
{
"EventCategoriesMapList": [
{
"SourceType": "db-instance",
"EventCategories": [
"deletion",
"read replica",
"failover",
"restoration",
"maintenance",
"low storage",
"configuration change",
"backup",
"creation",
"availability",
"recovery",
"failure",
"backtrack",
"notification"
]
},
{
"SourceType": "db-security-group",
"EventCategories": [
"configuration change",
"failure"
]
},
{
"SourceType": "db-parameter-group",
"EventCategories": [
"configuration change"
]
},
{
"SourceType": "db-snapshot",
"EventCategories": [
"deletion",
"creation",
"restoration",
"notification"
]
},
{
"SourceType": "db-cluster",
"EventCategories": [
"failover",
"failure",
"notification"
]
},
{
"SourceType": "db-cluster-snapshot",
"EventCategories": [
"backup"
]
}
]
}
EventCategoriesMapList -> (list)
A list of EventCategoriesMap data types.
(structure)
Contains the results of a successful invocation of the DescribeEventCategories action.
SourceType -> (string)
The source type that the returned categories belong toEventCategories -> (list)
The event categories for the specified source type
(string)