Edit a probe - Amazon CloudWatch
Edit a probe by using the consoleEdit a probe by using the CLI
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Edit a probe

You can change any information for an existing probe, regardless of whether that probe is active or inactive. You can edit a probe by using either the Amazon CloudWatch console or the Amazon Command Line Interface.

Edit a probe by using the console

To edit a probe by using the console

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

    Under Name, choose a monitor link to open the monitor dashboard.

  2. Choose the Monitor details tab.

  3. In the Probes section, choose the link for the probe that you want to edit.

  4. On the probe details page, choose Edit.

  5. On the Edit probe page, enter the new destination IP address for the probe. IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are both supported.

  6. Choose Advanced settings.

  7. Choose a network Protocol, ICMP or TCP.

  8. If the Protocol is TCP, enter the following information:

    • Enter the Port that your network uses to connect. The port must be a number from 1 to 65535.

    • Enter the Packet size. This is the size, in bytes, of each packet sent along the probe between the source and destination. Packet size must be a number from 56 to 8500.

  9. (Optional) Add, change, or remove Tags for the probe.

  10. Choose Save changes.

Edit a probe by using the CLI

You can use the Amazon Command Line Interface to edit a monitor probe. You can only edit a single probe at once with this command.

To edit a probe by using the CLI

  1. Use list-monitors to get a list of your monitors, and note the name of the monitor with the probe that you want to edit.

  2. Use get-monitor with the monitor name. This returns a list of probes associated with the monitor. Note the probe IDs of the probe or probes that you want to edit.

  3. Use update-probe to change the probe's information.