EventType - Amazon Health
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EventType

Contains the metadata about a type of event that is reported by Amazon Health. The EventType shows the category, service, and the event type code of the event. For example, an issue might be the category, EC2 the service, and AWS_EC2_SYSTEM_MAINTENANCE_EVENT the event type code.

You can use the DescribeEventTypes API operation to return this information about an event.

You can also use the Amazon CloudWatch Events console to create a rule so that you can get notified or take action when Amazon Health delivers a specific event to your Amazon Web Services account. For more information, see Monitor for Amazon Health events with Amazon CloudWatch Events in the Amazon Health User Guide.

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actionability

The actionability classification of the event. Possible values are ACTION_REQUIRED, ACTION_MAY_BE_REQUIRED and INFORMATIONAL. Events with ACTION_REQUIRED actionability require customer action to resolve or mitigate the event. Events with ACTION_MAY_BE_REQUIRED actionability indicates that the current status is unknown or conditional and inspection is needed to determine if action is required. Events with INFORMATIONAL actionability are provided for awareness and do not require immediate action.

Type: String

Valid Values: ACTION_REQUIRED | ACTION_MAY_BE_REQUIRED | INFORMATIONAL

Required: No

category

A list of event type category codes. Possible values are issue, accountNotification, or scheduledChange. Currently, the investigation value isn't supported at this time.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 255.

Valid Values: issue | accountNotification | scheduledChange | investigation

Required: No

code

The unique identifier for the event type. The format is AWS_SERVICE_DESCRIPTION ; for example, AWS_EC2_SYSTEM_MAINTENANCE_EVENT.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9\_\-]{3,100}

Required: No

personas

A list of persona classifications that indicate the target audience for the event. Possible values are OPERATIONS, SECURITY, and BILLING. Events can be associated with multiple personas to indicate relevance to different teams or roles within an organization.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 3 items.

Valid Values: OPERATIONS | SECURITY | BILLING

Required: No

service

The Amazon Web Services service that is affected by the event. For example, EC2, RDS.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 2. Maximum length of 30.

Pattern: [^:/]{2,30}

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: