Statistic

This example shows how to create an alarm for a metric.

Create metric alarm example

var client = new AmazonCloudWatchClient();

var dimension = new Dimension
{
  Name = "Desktop Machine Metrics",
  Value = "Virtual Desktop Machine Usage"
};

var request = new PutMetricAlarmRequest
{
  ActionsEnabled = true,
  AlarmActions = new List<string>() 
    { "arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:80398EXAMPLE:CodingTestResults" },
  AlarmDescription = "Too many instances offline",
  AlarmName = "Offline Instances",
  ComparisonOperator = ComparisonOperator.GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold,
  Dimensions = new List<Dimension>() { dimension },
  EvaluationPeriods = 1,
  MetricName = "Desktop Machines Offline",
  Namespace = "Example.com Custom Metrics",
  Period = (int)TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5).TotalSeconds,
  Statistic = new Statistic("Maximum"),
  Threshold = 5,
  Unit = StandardUnit.Count
};

client.PutMetricAlarm(request);