AWS::NetworkMonitor::Monitor

NetworkMonitor Monitor

An Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitor resource that monitors network traffic between a source VPC subnet and a destination IP address.

Properties

3 configurable properties. 1 required. Click a row to see details.

Filter:
PropertyTypeFlags
MonitorName
string
RequiredCreate-only
AggregationPeriod
integer
Tags
Array<Tag>

Return Values

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

AttributeTypeDescription
CreatedAtstringThe time and date when the monitor was created.
ModifiedAtstringThe time and date when the monitor was last modified.
MonitorArnstringThe ARN of the monitor.
StatestringThe state 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::NetworkMonitor::Monitor

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::NetworkMonitor::Monitor
    Properties:
      MonitorName: "my-monitorname"
      Tags:
        - Key: Environment
          Value: Production

Required IAM Permissions

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

create

networkmonitor:CreateMonitornetworkmonitor:GetMonitornetworkmonitor:TagResourceiam:CreateServiceLinkedRole

read

networkmonitor:GetMonitornetworkmonitor:ListTagsForResource

update

networkmonitor:UpdateMonitornetworkmonitor:GetMonitornetworkmonitor:TagResourcenetworkmonitor:UntagResourcenetworkmonitor:ListTagsForResource

delete

networkmonitor:DeleteMonitornetworkmonitor:GetMonitor

list

networkmonitor:ListMonitors

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Quick Facts

ServiceNetworkMonitor
Properties7
Required1
TaggingSupported
Primary IDMonitorArn

Supported Operations

CreateReadUpdateDeleteList

Immutable After Creation

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

MonitorName

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