Related commands
• mon-enable-alarm-actions (p. 31)
• mon-delete-alarms (p. 4)
mon-enable-alarm-actions
Description
Enables all actions for the specified alarms.
Syntax
mon-enable-alarm-actions [AlarmNames [AlarmNames ...]] [Common Options]
Options
Name Description
AlarmNames AlarmNames The names of the alarms. You can also set this value using --alarm-name.
Type: Argument
Valid values: A valid list of alarm names.
Default: n/a Required: Yes
Common options
Name Description
--aws-credential-file VALUE The location of the file with your AWS credentials.
You can set this value using the environment variable AWS_CREDENTIAL_FILE. If you define the environment variable or you provide the path to the credential file, the file must exist or the request fails. All CloudWatch requests must be signed using your access key ID and secret access key.
Type: String
Valid values: A valid path to a file containing your access key ID and secret access key.
Default: Uses the environment variable AWS_CREDENTIAL_FILE, if set.
Common options
Name Description
-C, --ec2-cert-file-path VALUE The location of your EC2 certificate file for signing requests. You can use the environment variable EC2_CERT to specify this value.
Type: String
Valid values: A valid file path to the PEM file provided by Amazon EC2 or AWS Identity and Access Management.
Default: Uses the environment variable EC2_CERT, if set.
--connection-timeout VALUE The connection timeout value, in seconds.
Type: Integer
Valid values: Any positive number.
Default: 30
--delimiter VALUE The delimiter to use when displaying delimited (long) results.
Type: String
Valid values: Any string.
Default: Comma (,)
--headers If you are displaying tabular or delimited results, include the column headers. If you are showing XML results, return the HTTP headers from the service request, if applicable.
Type: Flag
Valid values: When present, shows headers.
Default: The --headers option is off by default.
-I, --access-key-id VALUE The access key ID that will be used, in conjunction with the secret key, to sign the request. This must be used in conjunction with --secret-key, otherwise the option is ignored. All requests to CloudWatch must be signed, otherwise the request is rejected.
Type: String
Valid values: A valid access key ID.
Default: None
Common options
Name Description
-K, --ec2-private-key-file-path VALUE
The private key that will be used to sign the request.
Using public/private keys causes the CLI to use SOAP.
The request is signed with a public certificate and private key. This parameter must be used in conjunction with EC2_CERT, otherwise the value is ignored. The value of the environment variable EC2_PRIVATE_KEY will be used if it is set, and this option is not specified.
This option is ignored if the environment variable
AWS_CREDENTIAL_FILE is set, or --aws-credentials-file is used. All requests to CloudWatch must be signed, otherwise the request is rejected.
Type: String
Valid values: The path to a valid ASN.1 private key.
Default: None
--region VALUE The region requests are directed to. You can use the environment variable EC2_REGION to specify the value. The region is used to create the URL used to call CloudWatch, and must be a valid Amazon Web Services (AWS) region.
Type: String
Valid values: Any AWS region, for example, us-east-1.
Default: us-east-1, unless the EC2_REGION environment variable is set.
S, --secret-key VALUE The secret access key that will be used to sign the request, in conjunction with an access key ID. This parameter must be used in conjunction with --access-key-id, otherwise this option is ignored.
Type: String
Valid values: Your access key ID.
Default: None
--show-empty-fields Shows empty fields using (nil) as a placeholder to indicate that this data was not requested.
Type: Flag
Valid values: None
Default: Empty fields are not shown by default.
--show-request Displays the URL the CLI uses to call AWS.
Type: Flag
Valid values: None Default: false
Output
Name Description
show-table, show-long, --show-xml, --quiet
Specifies how the results are displayed: in a table, delimited (long), XML, or no output (quiet). The --show-table display shows a subset of the data in fixed column-width form; --show-long shows all of the returned values delimited by a character; --show-xml is the raw return from the service; and --quiet suppresses all standard output. All options are mutually exclusive, with the priority --show-table, --show-long, --show-xml, and --quiet.
Type: Flag
Valid values: None Default: --show-table
-U, --url VALUE The URL used to contact CloudWatch. You can set this value using the environment variable
AWS_CLOUDWATCH_URL. This value is used in conjunction with --region to create the expected URL. This option overrides the URL for the service call.
Type: String
Valid values: A valid HTTP or HTTPS URL.
Default: Uses the value specified in AWS_CLOUDWATCH_URL, if set.
Output
This command enables alarm actions for the specified alarms.
The Amazon CloudWatch CLI displays errors on stderr.
Examples
Example request
This example enables all actions for the alarm named my-alarm.
mon-enable-alarm-actions --alarm-name my-alarm
Related topics
Download
• Set up the command line interface (p. 2)
Related action
• EnableAlarmActions