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Document history - Amazon CloudWatch

Document history

The following table describes the important changes to the Amazon CloudWatch CLI Reference. This documentation is associated with the 2010-08-01 release of CloudWatch. This guide was last updated on 7 November 2017.

Change Description Release date

Moved the Amazon CloudWatch CLI content from the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide to this new guide

Moved the Amazon CloudWatch CLI content from the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide to this new guide. Updated the examples in the Amazon CloudSearch Developer Guide to use the AWS CLI, which is a cross-service CLI with a simplified installation, unified configuration, and consistent command line syntax. The AWS CLI is supported on Linux/Unix, Windows, and Mac. The CLI examples in this guide have been updated to use the new AWS CLI.

For information about how to install and configure the new AWS CLI, see Getting Set Up with the AWS Command Line Interface in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide.

28 February 2014
The CloudWatch CLI is being retired.

As of November 7, 2017, we are no longer supporting the CloudWatch command line interface with new functionality. It is not available for download.

7 November 2017
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