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CloudWatch examples using SDK for Ruby

The following code examples show you how to perform actions and implement common scenarios by using the Amazon SDK for Ruby with CloudWatch.

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The following code example shows how to use DescribeAlarms.

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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

require "aws-sdk-cloudwatch" # Lists the names of available Amazon CloudWatch alarms. # # @param cloudwatch_client [Aws::CloudWatch::Client] # An initialized CloudWatch client. # @example # list_alarms(Aws::CloudWatch::Client.new(region: 'us-east-1')) def list_alarms(cloudwatch_client) response = cloudwatch_client.describe_alarms if response.metric_alarms.count.positive? response.metric_alarms.each do |alarm| puts alarm.alarm_name end else puts "No alarms found." end rescue StandardError => e puts "Error getting information about alarms: #{e.message}" end
  • For API details, see DescribeAlarms in Amazon SDK for Ruby API Reference.

The following code example shows how to use DescribeAlarmsForMetric.

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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

# # @param cloudwatch_client [Aws::CloudWatch::Client] # An initialized CloudWatch client. # @example # describe_metric_alarms(Aws::CloudWatch::Client.new(region: 'us-east-1')) def describe_metric_alarms(cloudwatch_client) response = cloudwatch_client.describe_alarms if response.metric_alarms.count.positive? response.metric_alarms.each do |alarm| puts "-" * 16 puts "Name: " + alarm.alarm_name puts "State value: " + alarm.state_value puts "State reason: " + alarm.state_reason puts "Metric: " + alarm.metric_name puts "Namespace: " + alarm.namespace puts "Statistic: " + alarm.statistic puts "Period: " + alarm.period.to_s puts "Unit: " + alarm.unit.to_s puts "Eval. periods: " + alarm.evaluation_periods.to_s puts "Threshold: " + alarm.threshold.to_s puts "Comp. operator: " + alarm.comparison_operator if alarm.key?(:ok_actions) && alarm.ok_actions.count.positive? puts "OK actions:" alarm.ok_actions.each do |a| puts " " + a end end if alarm.key?(:alarm_actions) && alarm.alarm_actions.count.positive? puts "Alarm actions:" alarm.alarm_actions.each do |a| puts " " + a end end if alarm.key?(:insufficient_data_actions) && alarm.insufficient_data_actions.count.positive? puts "Insufficient data actions:" alarm.insufficient_data_actions.each do |a| puts " " + a end end puts "Dimensions:" if alarm.key?(:dimensions) && alarm.dimensions.count.positive? alarm.dimensions.each do |d| puts " Name: " + d.name + ", Value: " + d.value end else puts " None for this alarm." end end else puts "No alarms found." end rescue StandardError => e puts "Error getting information about alarms: #{e.message}" end # Example usage: def run_me region = "" # Print usage information and then stop. if ARGV[0] == "--help" || ARGV[0] == "-h" puts "Usage: ruby cw-ruby-example-show-alarms.rb REGION" puts "Example: ruby cw-ruby-example-show-alarms.rb us-east-1" exit 1 # If no values are specified at the command prompt, use these default values. elsif ARGV.count.zero? region = "us-east-1" # Otherwise, use the values as specified at the command prompt. else region = ARGV[0] end cloudwatch_client = Aws::CloudWatch::Client.new(region: region) puts "Available alarms:" describe_metric_alarms(cloudwatch_client) end run_me if $PROGRAM_NAME == __FILE__

The following code example shows how to use DisableAlarmActions.

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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

# Disables an alarm in Amazon CloudWatch. # # Prerequisites. # # - The alarm to disable. # # @param cloudwatch_client [Aws::CloudWatch::Client] # An initialized CloudWatch client. # @param alarm_name [String] The name of the alarm to disable. # @return [Boolean] true if the alarm was disabled; otherwise, false. # @example # exit 1 unless alarm_actions_disabled?( # Aws::CloudWatch::Client.new(region: 'us-east-1'), # 'ObjectsInBucket' # ) def alarm_actions_disabled?(cloudwatch_client, alarm_name) cloudwatch_client.disable_alarm_actions(alarm_names: [alarm_name]) return true rescue StandardError => e puts "Error disabling alarm actions: #{e.message}" return false end # Example usage: def run_me alarm_name = "ObjectsInBucket" alarm_description = "Objects exist in this bucket for more than 1 day." metric_name = "NumberOfObjects" # Notify this Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topic when # the alarm transitions to the ALARM state. alarm_actions = ["arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:111111111111:Default_CloudWatch_Alarms_Topic"] namespace = "AWS/S3" statistic = "Average" dimensions = [ { name: "BucketName", value: "doc-example-bucket" }, { name: "StorageType", value: "AllStorageTypes" } ] period = 86_400 # Daily (24 hours * 60 minutes * 60 seconds = 86400 seconds). unit = "Count" evaluation_periods = 1 # More than one day. threshold = 1 # One object. comparison_operator = "GreaterThanThreshold" # More than one object. # Replace us-west-2 with the AWS Region you're using for Amazon CloudWatch. region = "us-east-1" cloudwatch_client = Aws::CloudWatch::Client.new(region: region) if alarm_created_or_updated?( cloudwatch_client, alarm_name, alarm_description, metric_name, alarm_actions, namespace, statistic, dimensions, period, unit, evaluation_periods, threshold, comparison_operator ) puts "Alarm '#{alarm_name}' created or updated." else puts "Could not create or update alarm '#{alarm_name}'." end if alarm_actions_disabled?(cloudwatch_client, alarm_name) puts "Alarm '#{alarm_name}' disabled." else puts "Could not disable alarm '#{alarm_name}'." end end run_me if $PROGRAM_NAME == __FILE__

The following code example shows how to use ListMetrics.

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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

# Lists available metrics for a metric namespace in Amazon CloudWatch. # # @param cloudwatch_client [Aws::CloudWatch::Client] # An initialized CloudWatch client. # @param metric_namespace [String] The namespace of the metric. # @example # list_metrics_for_namespace( # Aws::CloudWatch::Client.new(region: 'us-east-1'), # 'SITE/TRAFFIC' # ) def list_metrics_for_namespace(cloudwatch_client, metric_namespace) response = cloudwatch_client.list_metrics(namespace: metric_namespace) if response.metrics.count.positive? response.metrics.each do |metric| puts " Metric name: #{metric.metric_name}" if metric.dimensions.count.positive? puts " Dimensions:" metric.dimensions.each do |dimension| puts " Name: #{dimension.name}, Value: #{dimension.value}" end else puts "No dimensions found." end end else puts "No metrics found for namespace '#{metric_namespace}'. " \ "Note that it could take up to 15 minutes for recently-added metrics " \ "to become available." end end # Example usage: def run_me metric_namespace = "SITE/TRAFFIC" # Replace us-west-2 with the AWS Region you're using for Amazon CloudWatch. region = "us-east-1" cloudwatch_client = Aws::CloudWatch::Client.new(region: region) # Add three datapoints. puts "Continuing..." unless datapoint_added_to_metric?( cloudwatch_client, metric_namespace, "UniqueVisitors", "SiteName", "example.com", 5_885.0, "Count" ) puts "Continuing..." unless datapoint_added_to_metric?( cloudwatch_client, metric_namespace, "UniqueVisits", "SiteName", "example.com", 8_628.0, "Count" ) puts "Continuing..." unless datapoint_added_to_metric?( cloudwatch_client, metric_namespace, "PageViews", "PageURL", "example.html", 18_057.0, "Count" ) puts "Metrics for namespace '#{metric_namespace}':" list_metrics_for_namespace(cloudwatch_client, metric_namespace) end run_me if $PROGRAM_NAME == __FILE__
  • For API details, see ListMetrics in Amazon SDK for Ruby API Reference.

The following code example shows how to use PutMetricAlarm.

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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

# Creates or updates an alarm in Amazon CloudWatch. # # @param cloudwatch_client [Aws::CloudWatch::Client] # An initialized CloudWatch client. # @param alarm_name [String] The name of the alarm. # @param alarm_description [String] A description about the alarm. # @param metric_name [String] The name of the metric associated with the alarm. # @param alarm_actions [Array] A list of Strings representing the # Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) to execute when the alarm transitions to the # ALARM state. # @param namespace [String] The namespace for the metric to alarm on. # @param statistic [String] The statistic for the metric. # @param dimensions [Array] A list of dimensions for the metric, specified as # Aws::CloudWatch::Types::Dimension. # @param period [Integer] The number of seconds before re-evaluating the metric. # @param unit [String] The unit of measure for the statistic. # @param evaluation_periods [Integer] The number of periods over which data is # compared to the specified threshold. # @param theshold [Float] The value against which the specified statistic is compared. # @param comparison_operator [String] The arithmetic operation to use when # comparing the specified statistic and threshold. # @return [Boolean] true if the alarm was created or updated; otherwise, false. # @example # exit 1 unless alarm_created_or_updated?( # Aws::CloudWatch::Client.new(region: 'us-east-1'), # 'ObjectsInBucket', # 'Objects exist in this bucket for more than 1 day.', # 'NumberOfObjects', # ['arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:111111111111:Default_CloudWatch_Alarms_Topic'], # 'AWS/S3', # 'Average', # [ # { # name: 'BucketName', # value: 'doc-example-bucket' # }, # { # name: 'StorageType', # value: 'AllStorageTypes' # } # ], # 86_400, # 'Count', # 1, # 1, # 'GreaterThanThreshold' # ) def alarm_created_or_updated?( cloudwatch_client, alarm_name, alarm_description, metric_name, alarm_actions, namespace, statistic, dimensions, period, unit, evaluation_periods, threshold, comparison_operator ) cloudwatch_client.put_metric_alarm( alarm_name: alarm_name, alarm_description: alarm_description, metric_name: metric_name, alarm_actions: alarm_actions, namespace: namespace, statistic: statistic, dimensions: dimensions, period: period, unit: unit, evaluation_periods: evaluation_periods, threshold: threshold, comparison_operator: comparison_operator ) return true rescue StandardError => e puts "Error creating alarm: #{e.message}" return false end
  • For API details, see PutMetricAlarm in Amazon SDK for Ruby API Reference.

The following code example shows how to use PutMetricData.

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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

require "aws-sdk-cloudwatch" # Adds a datapoint to a metric in Amazon CloudWatch. # # @param cloudwatch_client [Aws::CloudWatch::Client] # An initialized CloudWatch client. # @param metric_namespace [String] The namespace of the metric to add the # datapoint to. # @param metric_name [String] The name of the metric to add the datapoint to. # @param dimension_name [String] The name of the dimension to add the # datapoint to. # @param dimension_value [String] The value of the dimension to add the # datapoint to. # @param metric_value [Float] The value of the datapoint. # @param metric_unit [String] The unit of measurement for the datapoint. # @return [Boolean] # @example # exit 1 unless datapoint_added_to_metric?( # Aws::CloudWatch::Client.new(region: 'us-east-1'), # 'SITE/TRAFFIC', # 'UniqueVisitors', # 'SiteName', # 'example.com', # 5_885.0, # 'Count' # ) def datapoint_added_to_metric?( cloudwatch_client, metric_namespace, metric_name, dimension_name, dimension_value, metric_value, metric_unit ) cloudwatch_client.put_metric_data( namespace: metric_namespace, metric_data: [ { metric_name: metric_name, dimensions: [ { name: dimension_name, value: dimension_value } ], value: metric_value, unit: metric_unit } ] ) puts "Added data about '#{metric_name}' to namespace " \ "'#{metric_namespace}'." return true rescue StandardError => e puts "Error adding data about '#{metric_name}' to namespace " \ "'#{metric_namespace}': #{e.message}" return false end
  • For API details, see PutMetricData in Amazon SDK for Ruby API Reference.