# Amazon IoT Events Documentation

Amazon IoT Events is a managed service that lets you monitor your equipment or device fleets for failures or changes in operation, and trigger actions when such events occur.

- [Developer Guide](/en_us/iotevents/latest/developerguide/): Describes key concepts of Amazon IoT Events and provides instructions for using the service.
- [API Reference](/en_us/iotevents/latest/apireference/): Describes all the API operations for Amazon IoT Events in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.

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