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Manage CloudWatch alarms for your EC2 instances in the EC2 console

From the Instances screen in the Amazon EC2 console, you can manage the Amazon CloudWatch alarms for your instances. In the Instances table, the Alarm status column provides two console controls: a control for viewing alarms, and another for creating or editing them. The following screenshot indicates these console controls, numbered 1 (View alarms) and 2 (a + sign for creating or editing an alarm).

The controls in the Instances table in the EC2 console for viewining and creating alarms. 1. View alarms 2. Plus sign symbol.

View alarms from the Instances screen

You can view each instance's alarms from the Instances screen.

To view an instance's alarm from the Instances screen

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Instances.

  3. In the Instances table, for your chosen instance, choose View alarms (numbered 1 in the preceding screenshot).

  4. In the Alarm details for i-0123456789example window, choose the alarm name to view the alarm in the CloudWatch console.

Create alarms from the Instances screen

You can create an alarm for each instance from the Instances screen.

To create an alarm for an instance from the Instances screen

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Instances.

  3. In the Instances table, for your chosen instance, choose the plus sign (numbered 2 in the preceding screenshot).

  4. In the Manage CloudWatch alarms screen, create your alarm. For more information, see Create a CloudWatch alarm for an instance.

Edit alarms from the Instances screen

You can edit the alarm for an instance from the Instances screen.

To edit an alarm for an instance from the Instances screen

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Instances.

  3. In the Instances table, for your chosen instance, choose the plus sign (numbered 2 in the preceding screenshot).

  4. In the Manage CloudWatch alarms screen, edit your alarm. For more information, see Edit or delete a CloudWatch alarm in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.