aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm

Provides a CloudWatch Metric Alarm resource.

Example Usage

resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "foobar" {
    alarm_name = "terraform-test-foobar5"
    comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
    evaluation_periods = "2"
    metric_name = "CPUUtilization"
    namespace = "AWS/EC2"
    period = "120"
    statistic = "Average"
    threshold = "80"
    alarm_description = "This metric monitor ec2 cpu utilization"
    insufficient_data_actions = []
}

Example in Conjunction with Scaling Policies

resource "aws_autoscaling_policy" "bat" {
    name = "foobar3-terraform-test"
    scaling_adjustment = 4
    adjustment_type = "ChangeInCapacity"
    cooldown = 300
    autoscaling_group_name = "${aws_autoscaling_group.bar.name}"
}

resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "bat" {
    alarm_name = "terraform-test-foobar5"
    comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
    evaluation_periods = "2"
    metric_name = "CPUUtilization"
    namespace = "AWS/EC2"
    period = "120"
    statistic = "Average"
    threshold = "80"
    dimensions {
        AutoScalingGroupName = "${aws_autoscaling_group.bar.name}"
    }
    alarm_description = "This metric monitor ec2 cpu utilization"
    alarm_actions = ["${aws_autoscaling_policy.bat.arn}"]
}

Argument Reference

See related part of AWS Docs for details about valid values.

The following arguments are supported:

• alarm_name - (Required) The descriptive name for the alarm. This name must be unique within the user’s AWS account
• comparison_operator - (Required) The arithmetic operation to use when comparing the specified Statistic and Threshold. The specified Statistic value is used as the first operand. Either of the following is supported: GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold, GreaterThanThreshold, LessThanThreshold, LessThanOrEqualToThreshold.
• evaluation_periods - (Required) The number of periods over which data is compared to the specified threshold.
• metric_name - (Required) The name for the alarm’s associated metric. See docs for supported metrics.
• namespace - (Required) The namespace for the alarm’s associated metric. See docs for the list of namespaces. See docs for supported metrics.
• period - (Required) The period in seconds over which the specified statistic is applied.
• statistic - (Required) The statistic to apply to the alarm’s associated metric. Either of the following is supported: SampleCount, Average, Sum, Minimum, Maximum
• threshold - (Required) The value against which the specified statistic is compared.
• actions_enabled - (Optional) Indicates whether or not actions should be executed during any changes to the alarm’s state. Defaults to true.
• alarm_actions - (Optional) The list of actions to execute when this alarm transitions into an ALARM state from any other state. Each action is specified as an Amazon Resource Number (ARN).
• alarm_description - (Optional) The description for the alarm.
• dimensions - (Optional) The dimensions for the alarm’s associated metric. For the list of available dimensions see the AWS documentation here.
• insufficient_data_actions - (Optional) The list of actions to execute when this alarm transitions into an INSUFFICIENT_DATA state from any other state. Each action is specified as an Amazon Resource Number (ARN).
• ok_actions - (Optional) The list of actions to execute when this alarm transitions into an OK state from any other state. Each action is specified as an Amazon Resource Number (ARN).
• unit - (Optional) The unit for the alarm’s associated metric.

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

• id - The ID of the health check

Import

Cloud Metric Alarms can be imported using the alarm_name, e.g.

$ terraform import aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm.test alarm-12345

See the source of this document at Terraform.io