mon-describe-alarm-history
Description
Retrieves the history for the specified alarm. You can filter alarms by date range or item type. If you don't specify an alarm name, Amazon CloudWatch returns histories for all of your alarms.
Note
Amazon CloudWatch retains the history of active and deleted alarms for two weeks.
Syntax
mon-describe-alarm-history
[AlarmNames [
AlarmNames
...]] [--end-date value
] [--history-item-type value
]
[--start-date value
] [Common Options]
Options
Name | Description |
---|---|
|
The names of the alarms, separated by spaces. If you don't specify an alarm
name, this command returns the histories of all your alarms. You can also set this
value using Type: Argument Valid values: Any string between 1 and 255 characters in length. Default: n/a Required: No |
|
The end of the date range for history. Type: Date Valid values: Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Default: The current date. Required: No |
|
The type of history items to retrieve. By default, all types are returned. Type: Enumeration Valid values: ConfigurationUpdate, StateUpdate, or Action Default: All types are returned. Required: No |
|
The start of the date range for history. By default it extends to all available history. Type: Date Valid values: Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Default: All available history. Required: No |
Common options
Name | Description |
---|---|
|
The location of the file with your AWS credentials. You can set this
value using the environment variable Type: String Valid values: A valid path to a file containing your access key ID and secret access key. Default: Uses the environment variable |
|
The location of your EC2 certificate file for signing requests. You
can use the environment variable 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 |
|
The connection timeout value, in seconds. Type: Integer Valid values: Any positive number. Default: 30 |
|
The delimiter to use when displaying delimited (long) results. Type: String Valid values: Any string. Default: Comma (,) |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 Type: String Valid values: The path to a valid ASN.1 private key. Default: None |
|
The region requests are directed to. You can use the environment
variable Type: String Valid values: Any AWS region, for example, us-east-1. Default: us-east-1, unless the |
|
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
Type: String Valid values: Your access key ID. Default: None |
|
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. |
|
Displays the URL the CLI uses to call AWS. Type: Flag Valid values: None Default: false |
|
Specifies how the results are displayed: in a table, delimited (long), XML, or
no output (quiet). The Type: Flag Valid values: None Default: |
|
The URL used to contact CloudWatch. You can set this value using the
environment variable Type: String Valid values: A valid HTTP or HTTPS URL. Default: Uses the value specified in |
Output
This command returns a table that contains the following:
-
ALARM - The alarm name.
-
TIMESTAMP - The timestamp.
-
TYPE - The type of event, one of ConfigurationUpdate, StateUpdate and Action.
-
SUMMARY - A human-readable summary of history event.
-
DATA - Detailed data about the event in machine-readable JSON format. This column appears only in the --show-long view.
The Amazon CloudWatch CLI displays errors on stderr.
Examples
Example request
This example describes all history items for the alarm my-alarm.
mon-describe-alarm-history--alarm-name my-alarm --headers
This is an example output of this command.
ALARM TIMESTAMP TYPE SUMMARY my-alarm 2013-05-07T18:46:16.121Z Action Published a notification to arn:aws:sns:... my-alarm 2013-05-07T18:46:16.118Z StateUpdate Alarm updated from INSUFFICIENT_DATA to OK my-alarm 2013-05-07T18:46:07.362Z ConfigurationUpdate Alarm "my-alarm" created