# Monitoring


Describes the monitoring of an instance.

## Contents


 ** state **   
Indicates whether detailed monitoring is enabled. Otherwise, basic monitoring is enabled.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `disabled | disabling | enabled | pending`   
Required: No

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following:
+  [Amazon SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForCpp/ec2-2016-11-15/Monitoring) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Java V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/Monitoring) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/Monitoring)