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Composite Alarm In AWS Cloudwatch

In this article, we will discuss the composite alarm in AWS CloudWatch.

Purpose

A composite alarm consists of multiple individual alarms.

Create A Simple Alarm

First, create a simple alarm.

Picture showing the simple alarm created in AWS cloudwatch

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Create A Composite Alarm

Select the simple alarm and click on the Create composite alarm button to create a composite alarm. In the first screen, specify the condition(s).

Picture showing the screen to specify the composite alarm condition

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Click on the Next button to proceed. In the next screen, you will specify the topic (i.e., who will receive the message when the alarm will trigger).

Picture showing the screen to set the alarm trigger

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Scroll down to the bottom and click on the Next button.

Picture showing the Next button for going to the next step

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In the next screen, we will specify the Alarm name.

Picture showing the screen to enter the composite alarm name

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Click on the Next button. The review screen will appear.

Picture showing the create composite alarm button for creating the composite alarm

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Click on the Create composite alarm button to create the alarm.

Output

Picture showing the composite alarm created in AWS console

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Saturday, January 21, 2023

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