NAME

       mon-describe-alarm-history - Describe alarm history

SYNOPSIS

        mon-describe-alarm-history
           [AlarmName] [--end-date  value ] [--history-item-type  value ]
           [--start-date  value ]  [General Options]

DESCRIPTION

           Describe alarm history

ARGUMENTS

        AlarmName
           Names  of  the  alarm.   By  default history for all alarms will be
       returned.
           You can also set this value using "--alarm-name".

SPECIFIC OPTIONS

        --end-date VALUE
           End of date range for history.   By default, it is current time.

        --history-item-type VALUE
           Type  of   history   items   you   want   to   retrieve:   one   of
       ConfigurationUpdate,
           StateUpdate or Action.  By default, all types will be returned.

        --start-date VALUE
           Start  of  date  range  for  history.  By default it extends to all
       available
           history.

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

        Describe all history items for the alarm my-alarm

          $PROMPT> mon-describe-alarm-history --alarm-name my-alarm --headers

OUTPUT

        This command returns a table that contains the following:
        * ALARM - Alarm name.
        * TIMESTAMP - Timestamp.
        * TYPE - Type of event, one of  ConfigurationUpdate,  StateUpdate  and
       Action.
        * SUMMARY - Human readable summary of history event.
        *  DATA - Detailed data on event in machine readable JSON format. This
       column
        appears only in the --show-long view.

OUTPUT EXAMPLES

        This is an example output of this command.

ALARM TIMESTAMP TYPE SUMMARY

       my-alarm  2010-05-07T18:46:16.121Z    Action               Published  a
       notification  to  arn:aws:sns:...   my-alarm   2010-05-07T18:46:16.118Z
       StateUpdate           ALARM  updated  from  INSUFFICIENT_DATA   to   OK
       my-alarm     2010-05-07T18:46:07.362Z      ConfigurationUpdate    ALARM
       "my-alarm" created

SEE ALSO

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