• 3.6 Use Amazon CloudWatch to monitor resources
  • Learning Objectives
  • Create a CloudWatch alarm

3.6 Use Amazon CloudWatch to monitor resources

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to:

• Create a CloudWatch Alarm to monitor resource usage.

Create a CloudWatch alarm

Use Amazon CloudWatch to monitor resources.

1. Click the Amazon SNS tab.
2. Create a Topic.
3. Create a Subscription. Use Email for the subscription
4. Open your email to confirm the subscription.
5. Go to the Amazon CloudWatch tab and create an alarm.