Edit a monitor - Amazon CloudWatch
Edit a monitor using the consoleEdit a monitor using the CLI
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Edit a monitor

You can edit information for a Network Monitor, including change the name, setting a new aggregation period, or adding or removing tags. Changing a monitor's information does not change any of its associated probes. You can edit a monitor by using either the Amazon CloudWatch console or the CLI.

Edit a monitor using the console

Use the CloudWatch console to edit a monitor.

To edit a monitor using the console

  1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/, and then under Network Monitoring, choose Network Monitor.

  2. In the Network monitors section, choose the monitor that you want to edit.

  3. On the monitor dashboard page, choose Edit.

  4. For the Monitor name, enter the new name for the monitor.

  5. For the Aggregation period, choose how often you want to send metrics to CloudWatch. Valid periods are:

    • 30 seconds

    • 60 seconds

    Note

    A shorter aggregation period provides faster detection of network issues; however, the aggregation period you choose can affect your billing structure. For more information about pricing, see the Amazon CloudWatch pricing page.

  6. (Optional) In the Tags section, add Key and Value pairs to further help identify this resource, allowing you to search or filter on specific information. You can also just change the Value of any current Key.

    1. Choose Add new tag.

    2. Enter a Key name and associated Value.

    3. Choose Add new tag to add that new tag.

      You can add multiple tags by choosing Add new tag, or you can remove any tag by choosing Remove.

    4. If you want to associate your tags with the monitor, keep Add tags to probes created by monitor checked. This adds the tags to the monitor probes, which can be helpful if you're using tag-based authentication or metering.

  7. Choose Save changes.

Edit a monitor using the CLI

Use the Amazon Command Line Interface to edit a monitor in Network Monitor.

To edit a monitor by using the CLI

  1. To get a list of your monitors if you don't know the name of the monitor, use list-monitors. Note the name of the monitor that you want to edit.

  2. Use edit-monitor, and specify the name of a monitor from the list-monitors command.