Amazon FSx File Gateway is no longer available to new customers. Existing customers of FSx File Gateway can continue to use the service normally. For capabilities similar to FSx File Gateway, visit [this blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/switch-your-file-share-access-from-amazon-fsx-file-gateway-to-amazon-fsx-for-windows-file-server/).

# Creating recommended CloudWatch alarms for your gateway
Create recommended CloudWatch alarms

When you create a new gateway using the Storage Gateway console, you can choose to create all recommended CloudWatch alarms automatically as part of the initial setup process. For more information, see [Configure your Amazon FSx File Gateway](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/filegateway/latest/filefsxw/create-gateway-file.html#configure-gateway-fsx-file). If you want to add or update recommended CloudWatch alarms for an existing gateway after you have already completed the first-time setup, use the following procedure.

**To add or update recommended CloudWatch alarms for an existing gateway**
**Note**  
This feature requires CloudWatch policy permissions, which are *not* automatically granted as part of the preconfigured Storage Gateway full access policy. Make sure your security policy grants the following permissions before you attempt to create recommended CloudWatch alarms:  
`cloudwatch:PutMetricAlarm` - create alarms
`cloudwatch:DisableAlarmActions` - turn alarm actions off
`cloudwatch:EnableAlarmActions` - turn alarm actions on
`cloudwatch:DeleteAlarms` - delete alarms

1. Open the Storage Gateway console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/storagegateway/home/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/storagegateway/home/).

1. In the navigation pane on the left side of the page, choose **Gateways**, and then choose the gateway for which you want to create recommended CloudWatch alarms.

1. On the **Details** page for the gateway, choose the **Monitoring** tab.

1. Under **Alarms**, choose **Create recommended alarms**. The recommended alarms are created automatically.

   The **Alarms** section lists all CloudWatch alarms for a specific gateway. From here, you can select and delete one or more alarms, turn alarm actions on or off, and create new alarms.