Resource Type: cloudwatch_alarm

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/cloudwatch_alarm.rb

Providers:

v2

Overview

Type representing an AWS CloudWatch Alarm.

Properties

• alarm_actions

  The actions to trigger when the alarm triggers.

• comparison_operator

  The operator to use to test the metric.

• dimensions

  The dimensions to filter the alarm by.

• ensure (defaults to: present)

  The basic property that the resource should be in.

  Supported values:

  • present
  • absent
• evaluation_periods

  The number of checks to use to confirm the alarm.

• metric

  The name of the metric to track.

• namespace

  The namespace of the metric to track.

• period

  The periodicity of the alarm check.

• region

  The region in which to launch the instances.

• statistic

  The statistic to track for the metric.

• threshold

  The threshold used to trigger the alarm.

Parameters

• name (namevar)

  The name of the alarm.

• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘cloudwatch_alarm` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.