NAME

       mon-put-metric-alarm - Create a new alarm or update an existing one

SYNOPSIS

        mon-put-metric-alarm
            AlarmName    --comparison-operator    value   --evaluation-periods
       value
            --metric-name   value    --namespace    value    --period    value
       --statistic
           value     --threshold     value    [--actions-enabled     value   ]
       [--alarm-actions
           value[,value...] ] [--alarm-description  value ] [--dimensions
           "key1=value1,key2=value2..." ] [--insufficient-data-actions
           value[,value...] ] [--ok-actions  value[,value...] ] [--unit  value
       ]
            [General Options]

DESCRIPTION

           Create a new alarm or update an existing one

ARGUMENTS

        AlarmName
           Name   of   the   alarm.   You   can  also  set  this  value  using
       "--alarm-name".
           Required.

SPECIFIC OPTIONS

        --actions-enabled VALUE
           Should actions be executed when this alarm changes state   (true or
           false).

        --alarm-actions VALUE1,VALUE2,VALUE3...
           SNS topics to which notification should be sent if the  alarm  goes
       to
           state ALARM.

        --alarm-description VALUE
           Description of alarm.

        --comparison-operator VALUE
           The operator with which the comparison with threshold will be made:
       one
           of  GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold, GreaterThanThreshold,
           LessThanThreshold and LessThanOrEqualToThreshold. Required.

        --dimensions "key1=value1,key2=value2..."
           Dimensions of the metric on which to alarm.

        --evaluation-periods VALUE
           Number of consecutive periods for which the  value  of  the  metric
       needs to
           be compared to threshold. Required.

        --insufficient-data-actions VALUE1,VALUE2,VALUE3...
           SNS  topics  to which notification should be sent if the alarm goes
       to
           state INSUFFICIENT_DATA.

        --metric-name VALUE
           The name of the metric on which to alarm. Required.

        --namespace VALUE
           Namespace of the metric on which to alarm. Required.

        --ok-actions VALUE1,VALUE2,VALUE3...
           SNS topics to which notification should be sent if the  alarm  goes
       to
           state OK.

        --period VALUE
           Period of metric on which to alarm. Required.

        --statistic VALUE
           The  statistic  of the metric on which to alarm.    Possible values
       are
           SampleCount, Average, Sum, Minimum, Maximum. Required.

        --threshold VALUE
           The threshold  with  which  the  metric  value  will  be  compared.
       Required.

        --unit VALUE
           The unit of the metric on which to alarm.

GENERAL OPTIONS

        --aws-credential-file VALUE
           Location  of  the file with your AWS credentials. This value can be
       set by
           using the environment variable 'AWS_CREDENTIAL_FILE'.

        -C, --ec2-cert-file-path VALUE
           Location of your EC2 certificate file. This value  can  be  set  by
       using the
           environment variable 'EC2_CERT'.

        --connection-timeout VALUE
           Specify  a connection timeout VALUE (in seconds). The default value
       is
           '30'.

        --delimiter VALUE
           What delimiter to use when displaying delimited (long) results.

        --headers
           If you are displaying tabular or delimited results, it includes the
           column headers. If you are showing xml results, it returns the HTTP
           headers from the service request, if applicable.  This  is  off  by
       default.

        -I, --access-key-id VALUE
           Specify VALUE as the AWS Access Id to use.

        -K, --ec2-private-key-file-path VALUE
           Location  of  your  EC2  private key file. This value can be set by
       using the
           environment variable 'EC2_PRIVATE_KEY'.

        --region VALUE
           Specify region VALUE as the web service region to use.  This  value
       can be
           set by using the environment variable 'EC2_REGION'.

        -S, --secret-key VALUE
           Specify VALUE as the AWS Secret Key to use.

        --show-empty-fields
           Show  empty  fields and rows, using a "(nil)" value. The default is
       to not
           show empty fields or columns.

        --show-request
           Displays the URL the tools  used  to  call  the  AWS  Service.  The
       default
           value is 'false'.

        --show-table, --show-long, --show-xml, --quiet
           Specify  how  the results are displayed: tabular, delimited (long),
       xml, or
           no output (quiet). Tabular shows a subset of the data in fixed
           column-width form, while long shows  all  of  the  returned  values
       delimited
           by  a  character. The xml is the raw return from the service, while
       quiet
           suppresses  all  standard  output.  The  default  is  tabular,   or
       'show-table'.

        -U, --url VALUE
           This  option will override the URL for the service call with VALUE.
       This
           value   can   be   set   by   using   the   environment    variable
       'AWS_CLOUDWATCH_URL'.

INPUT EXAMPLES

        Create an alarm my-alarm which publishes a message to a topic when CPU
        utilization  of  an  EC2 instances exceeds 90% for 3 consecutive 1 min
       periods.

       $PROMPT>        mon-put-metric-alarm       --alarm-name        my-alarm
       --alarm-description    "some    desc"    --metric-name   CPUUtilization
       --namespace AWS/EC2 --statistic Average   --period  60  --threshold  90
       --comparison-operator         GreaterThanThreshold         --dimensions
       InstanceId=i-abcdef    --evaluation-periods    3     --unit     Percent
       --alarm-actions arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:1234567890:my-topic

SEE ALSO

         http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AutoScaling//DeveloperGuide/
         http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AutoScaling/latest/DeveloperGuide/