Use EnableAlarmActions with an Amazon SDK or CLI - Amazon CloudWatch
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Use EnableAlarmActions with an Amazon SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use EnableAlarmActions.

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.NET
Amazon SDK for .NET
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

/// <summary> /// Enable the actions for a list of alarms from CloudWatch. /// </summary> /// <param name="alarmNames">A list of names of alarms.</param> /// <returns>True if successful.</returns> public async Task<bool> EnableAlarmActions(List<string> alarmNames) { var enableAlarmActionsResult = await _amazonCloudWatch.EnableAlarmActionsAsync( new EnableAlarmActionsRequest() { AlarmNames = alarmNames }); return enableAlarmActionsResult.HttpStatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK; }
C++
SDK for C++
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

Include the required files.

#include <aws/core/Aws.h> #include <aws/monitoring/CloudWatchClient.h> #include <aws/monitoring/model/EnableAlarmActionsRequest.h> #include <aws/monitoring/model/PutMetricAlarmRequest.h> #include <iostream>

Enable the alarm actions.

Aws::CloudWatch::CloudWatchClient cw; Aws::CloudWatch::Model::PutMetricAlarmRequest request; request.SetAlarmName(alarm_name); request.SetComparisonOperator( Aws::CloudWatch::Model::ComparisonOperator::GreaterThanThreshold); request.SetEvaluationPeriods(1); request.SetMetricName("CPUUtilization"); request.SetNamespace("AWS/EC2"); request.SetPeriod(60); request.SetStatistic(Aws::CloudWatch::Model::Statistic::Average); request.SetThreshold(70.0); request.SetActionsEnabled(false); request.SetAlarmDescription("Alarm when server CPU exceeds 70%"); request.SetUnit(Aws::CloudWatch::Model::StandardUnit::Seconds); request.AddAlarmActions(actionArn); Aws::CloudWatch::Model::Dimension dimension; dimension.SetName("InstanceId"); dimension.SetValue(instanceId); request.AddDimensions(dimension); auto outcome = cw.PutMetricAlarm(request); if (!outcome.IsSuccess()) { std::cout << "Failed to create CloudWatch alarm:" << outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl; return; } Aws::CloudWatch::Model::EnableAlarmActionsRequest enable_request; enable_request.AddAlarmNames(alarm_name); auto enable_outcome = cw.EnableAlarmActions(enable_request); if (!enable_outcome.IsSuccess()) { std::cout << "Failed to enable alarm actions:" << enable_outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl; return; } std::cout << "Successfully created alarm " << alarm_name << " and enabled actions on it." << std::endl;
CLI
Amazon CLI

To enable all actions for an alarm

The following example uses the enable-alarm-actions command to enable all actions for the alarm named myalarm.:

aws cloudwatch enable-alarm-actions --alarm-names myalarm

This command returns to the prompt if successful.

Java
SDK for Java 2.x
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cloudwatch.CloudWatchClient; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cloudwatch.model.CloudWatchException; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cloudwatch.model.EnableAlarmActionsRequest; /** * Before running this Java V2 code example, set up your development * environment, including your credentials. * * For more information, see the following documentation topic: * * https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/latest/developer-guide/get-started.html */ public class EnableAlarmActions { public static void main(String[] args) { final String usage = """ Usage: <alarmName> Where: alarmName - An alarm name to enable (for example, MyAlarm). """; if (args.length != 1) { System.out.println(usage); System.exit(1); } String alarm = args[0]; Region region = Region.US_EAST_1; CloudWatchClient cw = CloudWatchClient.builder() .region(region) .build(); enableActions(cw, alarm); cw.close(); } public static void enableActions(CloudWatchClient cw, String alarm) { try { EnableAlarmActionsRequest request = EnableAlarmActionsRequest.builder() .alarmNames(alarm) .build(); cw.enableAlarmActions(request); System.out.printf("Successfully enabled actions on alarm %s", alarm); } catch (CloudWatchException e) { System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage()); System.exit(1); } } }
JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

Import the SDK and client modules and call the API.

import { EnableAlarmActionsCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch"; import { client } from "../libs/client.js"; const run = async () => { const command = new EnableAlarmActionsCommand({ AlarmNames: [process.env.CLOUDWATCH_ALARM_NAME], // Set the value of CLOUDWATCH_ALARM_NAME to the name of an existing alarm. }); try { return await client.send(command); } catch (err) { console.error(err); } }; export default run();

Create the client in a separate module and export it.

import { CloudWatchClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch"; export const client = new CloudWatchClient({});
SDK for JavaScript (v2)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

Import the SDK and client modules and call the API.

// Load the AWS SDK for Node.js var AWS = require("aws-sdk"); // Set the region AWS.config.update({ region: "REGION" }); // Create CloudWatch service object var cw = new AWS.CloudWatch({ apiVersion: "2010-08-01" }); var params = { AlarmName: "Web_Server_CPU_Utilization", ComparisonOperator: "GreaterThanThreshold", EvaluationPeriods: 1, MetricName: "CPUUtilization", Namespace: "AWS/EC2", Period: 60, Statistic: "Average", Threshold: 70.0, ActionsEnabled: true, AlarmActions: ["ACTION_ARN"], AlarmDescription: "Alarm when server CPU exceeds 70%", Dimensions: [ { Name: "InstanceId", Value: "INSTANCE_ID", }, ], Unit: "Percent", }; cw.putMetricAlarm(params, function (err, data) { if (err) { console.log("Error", err); } else { console.log("Alarm action added", data); var paramsEnableAlarmAction = { AlarmNames: [params.AlarmName], }; cw.enableAlarmActions(paramsEnableAlarmAction, function (err, data) { if (err) { console.log("Error", err); } else { console.log("Alarm action enabled", data); } }); } });
Kotlin
SDK for Kotlin
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

suspend fun enableActions(alarm: String) { val request = EnableAlarmActionsRequest { alarmNames = listOf(alarm) } CloudWatchClient { region = "us-east-1" }.use { cwClient -> cwClient.enableAlarmActions(request) println("Successfully enabled actions on alarm $alarm") } }
Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

class CloudWatchWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon CloudWatch functions.""" def __init__(self, cloudwatch_resource): """ :param cloudwatch_resource: A Boto3 CloudWatch resource. """ self.cloudwatch_resource = cloudwatch_resource def enable_alarm_actions(self, alarm_name, enable): """ Enables or disables actions on the specified alarm. Alarm actions can be used to send notifications or automate responses when an alarm enters a particular state. :param alarm_name: The name of the alarm. :param enable: When True, actions are enabled for the alarm. Otherwise, they disabled. """ try: alarm = self.cloudwatch_resource.Alarm(alarm_name) if enable: alarm.enable_actions() else: alarm.disable_actions() logger.info( "%s actions for alarm %s.", "Enabled" if enable else "Disabled", alarm_name, ) except ClientError: logger.exception( "Couldn't %s actions alarm %s.", "enable" if enable else "disable", alarm_name, ) raise
SAP ABAP
SDK for SAP ABAP
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

"Enable actions on the specified alarm." TRY. lo_cwt->enablealarmactions( it_alarmnames = it_alarm_names ). MESSAGE 'Alarm actions enabled.' TYPE 'I'. CATCH /aws1/cx_rt_service_generic INTO DATA(lo_exception). DATA(lv_error) = |"{ lo_exception->av_err_code }" - { lo_exception->av_err_msg }|. MESSAGE lv_error TYPE 'E'. ENDTRY.

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