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[ aws . iot ]

create-custom-metric

Description

Use this API to define a Custom Metric published by your devices to Device Defender.

Requires permission to access the CreateCustomMetric action.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  create-custom-metric
--metric-name <value>
[--display-name <value>]
--metric-type <value>
[--tags <value>]
[--client-request-token <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--metric-name (string)

The name of the custom metric. This will be used in the metric report submitted from the device/thing. The name can't begin with aws: . You can't change the name after you define it.

--display-name (string)

The friendly name in the console for the custom metric. This name doesn't have to be unique. Don't use this name as the metric identifier in the device metric report. You can update the friendly name after you define it.

--metric-type (string)

The type of the custom metric.

Warning

The type number only takes a single metric value as an input, but when you submit the metrics value in the DeviceMetrics report, you must pass it as an array with a single value.

Possible values:

  • string-list
  • ip-address-list
  • number-list
  • number

--tags (list)

Metadata that can be used to manage the custom metric.

(structure)

A set of key/value pairs that are used to manage the resource.

Key -> (string)

The tag's key.

Value -> (string)

The tag's value.

Shorthand Syntax:

Key=string,Value=string ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Key": "string",
    "Value": "string"
  }
  ...
]

--client-request-token (string)

Each custom metric must have a unique client request token. If you try to create a new custom metric that already exists with a different token, an exception occurs. If you omit this value, Amazon Web Services SDKs will automatically generate a unique client request.

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Examples

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To create a custom metric published by your devices to Device Defender

The following create-custom-metric example creates a custom metric that measures battery percentage.

aws iot create-custom-metric \
    --metric-name "batteryPercentage" \
    --metric-type "number" \
    --display-name "Remaining battery percentage." \
    --region us-east-1 \
    --client-request-token "02ccb92b-33e8-4dfa-a0c1-35b181ed26b0"

Output:

{
    "metricName": "batteryPercentage",
    "metricArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:1234564789012:custommetric/batteryPercentage"
}

For more information, see Custom metrics in the AWS IoT Core Developer Guide.

Output

metricName -> (string)

The name of the custom metric to be used in the metric report.

metricArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Number (ARN) of the custom metric. For example, ``arn:aws-partition :iot:region :accountId :custommetric/metricName ``