# cloudwatch-alarm-settings-check
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Checks whether CloudWatch alarms with the given metric name have the specified settings. 



**Identifier:** CLOUDWATCH\_ALARM\_SETTINGS\_CHECK

**Resource Types:** AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm

**Trigger type:** Configuration changes

**Amazon Web Services Region:** All supported Amazon regions

**Parameters:**

metricNameType: String  
The name for the metric associated with the alarm.

period (Optional)Type: intDefault: 300  
The period, in seconds, during which the specified statistic is applied.

statistic (Optional)Type: String  
The statistic for the metric associated with the alarm (for example, 'Average' or 'Sum').

comparisonOperator (Optional)Type: String  
The operation for comparing the specified statistic and threshold (for example, 'GreaterThanThreshold').

threshold (Optional)Type: int  
The value against which the specified statistic is compared.

evaluationPeriods (Optional)Type: int  
The number of periods over which data is compared to the specified threshold.

## Amazon CloudFormation template
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To create Amazon Config managed rules with Amazon CloudFormation templates, see [Creating Amazon Config Managed Rules With Amazon CloudFormation Templates](aws-config-managed-rules-cloudformation-templates.md).