The responder requires an Amazon Web Services connection to connect to Amazon CloudWatch and write messages to it. After you create the responder, create a response by specifying the parameters that you want to write to CloudWatch.
On the
Design
tab, click the
Responders
view.
From the
Actions
menu in the upper-right corner of the view, select
New
.
The
New Responder
dialog box appears.
Enter a name for the responder, select the type Amazon CloudWatch responder, and select the configured Amazon Web Services connection.
In the
Configuration
section, configure the following parameters:
Namespace, for example, the string defined for the metric you want to publish to CloudWatch.
Metric name, for example, Test_Metric, to identify the metric.
Dimensions, for example, TestDim=TestVal. This is a name/value pair that provides additional information to identify a metric.
The value for the metric.
The unit for the metric.
For more information about each of these parameters, see the
RulePoint User Guide
.
Click
Save
.
The responder is in Draft state. If you do not create a response associated with the responder, the responder is not in a valid state. You must create a response and associate the response to the responder before you deploy the responder.
From the
Responses
view on the
Design
tab, select
New
from the
Actions
menu.
The
New Response
dialog box appears.
Enter a name for the response, and then select the responder type that you created.