AWS::NetworkFlowMonitor::Monitor

NetworkFlowMonitor Monitor

Creates a monitor for specific network flows between local and remote resources to monitor network performance for workloads.

Properties

5 configurable properties. 2 required. Click a row to see details.

Filter:

Property	Type	Flags
`LocalResources`	`Array<MonitorLocalResource>`	Required
`MonitorName`	`string`	RequiredCreate-only
`RemoteResources`	`Array<MonitorRemoteResource>`
`ScopeArn`	`string`	Create-onlyWrite-only
`Tags`	`Array<Tag>`

Return Values

Values returned after the resource is created. Access these with Fn::GetAtt.

Attribute	Type	Description
`Arn`	`string`	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the monitor.
`CreatedAt`	`string`	The date and time when the monitor was created.
`ModifiedAt`	`string`	The date and time when the monitor was last modified.
`MonitorStatus`	`string`	The status of the monitor.

Sample CloudFormation Template

A minimal template with required properties and common optional ones.

template.yaml

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample template for AWS::NetworkFlowMonitor::Monitor

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::NetworkFlowMonitor::Monitor
    Properties:
      MonitorName: "my-monitorname"
      LocalResources: []
      Tags:
        - Key: Environment
          Value: Production

Required IAM Permissions

Permissions CloudFormation needs in your IAM role to manage this resource.

create

networkflowmonitor:CreateMonitornetworkflowmonitor:GetMonitornetworkflowmonitor:TagResource

read

networkflowmonitor:GetMonitornetworkflowmonitor:ListTagsForResource

update

networkflowmonitor:UpdateMonitornetworkflowmonitor:GetMonitornetworkflowmonitor:TagResourcenetworkflowmonitor:UntagResourcenetworkflowmonitor:ListTagsForResource

delete

networkflowmonitor:DeleteMonitornetworkflowmonitor:GetMonitor

list

networkflowmonitor:ListMonitors

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Quick Facts

ServiceNetworkFlowMonitor

Properties9

Required2

TaggingSupported

Primary IDArn

Supported Operations

CreateReadUpdateDeleteList

Immutable After Creation

These properties cannot be changed after the resource is created. Updating them triggers a replacement.

MonitorNameScopeArn

External Links

AWS Documentation