EventBridge rule groups and templates

CloudWatch uses Amazon EventBridge rules to send notifications. You can send notifications based on event templates you create. You begin by creating an event template group. In that event template group, you create event templates that determine what conditions create a notification and who is notified.

This section covers the creation of EventBridge rules using workflow monitor. For more information about how the EventBridge service uses rules, see: EventBridge rules in the Amazon EventBridge User Guide

Creating event template groups

To create an event template group

1. From the workflow monitor console's navigation pane, select EventBridge rule templates.

2. Select Create event template group.

3. Give the alarm template group a unique Group name and optional Description.

4. Select Create, You will be taken to the newly created alarm template group's details page.

Creating event templates

To create an event template

1. From the event template group's details page, select Create event template.

2. Give the event template a unique Template name and optional Description.

3. In the Rule settings section:

   1. Select an Event type. When selecting an event type, you can choose between several events created by AWS or select Signal map active alarm to use an alarm created by an alarm template.

   2. Select a Target service. This determines how you would like to be notified of this event. You can select Amazon Simple Notification Service or CloudWatch logs.

   3. After selecting a target service, select a Target. This will be a Amazon SNS topic or a CloudWatch log group, depending on your target service selection.

4. Select Create to complete the process.