StartDiscovery
Enables this AWS account to be able to use CloudWatch Application Signals by creating the AWSServiceRoleForCloudWatchApplicationSignals service-linked role. This service- linked role has the following permissions:
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xray:GetServiceGraph -
logs:StartQuery -
logs:GetQueryResults -
cloudwatch:GetMetricData -
cloudwatch:ListMetrics -
tag:GetResources -
autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups
After completing this step, you still need to instrument your Java and Python applications to send data to Application Signals. For more information, see Enabling Application Signals.
Request Syntax
POST /start-discovery HTTP/1.1
URI Request Parameters
The request does not use any URI parameters.
Request Body
The request does not have a request body.
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 200
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- AccessDeniedException
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You don't have sufficient permissions to perform this action.
HTTP Status Code: 403
- ThrottlingException
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The request was throttled because of quota limits.
HTTP Status Code: 429
- ValidationException
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The resource is not valid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
