Monitoring_Operations for the Amazon EC2 REST adapter

This topic illustrates the adapter requests and responses for the Monitoring operations.

Monitor Instances operation

The Monitor Instances operation enables you to monitor a running instance. 

The following figure shows a sample <items> XML element for the Monitor Instances operation. 

Sample <items> XML element for the Monitor Instances operation 

<items>
    <item>
        <parameters>
            <instances-set>
                <!--Zero or more repetitions:-->
                <item>
                    <instance-id></instance-id>
                </item>
            </instances-set>
        </parameters>
    </item>
</items>

The following table shows the adapter request elements for this request. 

Adapter request elements for the Monitor Instances operation 

Element

Definition

Required

<access-key>

Specifies the Amazon Web Services (AWS) access key

You need to generate the AWS access key by going to the Security Credentials tab in the AWS console.

Conditional;

  • You must specify the Access Key and theSecret Key together in the configuration or the adapter request.
  • If you specify both the keys in the adapter request and in the adapter configuration, the key values in the request override the values in the configuration.
  • If only the Access Key is specified, the adapter ignores the value.
<secret-key>

Specifies the AWS secret access key

You need to generate the AWS secret access key by going to the Security Credentials tab in the AWS console.

Conditional;

  • You must specify the Access Key and theSecret Key together in the configuration or the adapter request.
  • If you specify both the keys in the adapter request and in the adapter configuration, the key values in the request override the values in the configuration.
  • If only the Secret Access Key is specified, the adapter ignores the value.
<region>

Specifies the region with which you want the adapter to communicate

Amazon EC2 is hosted in multiple locations world-wide. You must specify the region in which you want the adapter to perform the actions.

Valid values:

  • us-east-1
  • us-west-2 (default)
  • us-west-1
  • eu-west-1
  • ap-southeast-1
  • ap-northeast-1
  • ap-southeast-2
  • sa-east-1
No

<operation-name>

Contains the name of the operation: monitor-instances

Yes

<instances-set>

Contains the set of instance IDs for instances to be monitored

Yes

The following figure shows a sample adapter request for the Monitor Instances operation. 

Sample adapter request for the Monitor Instances operation 

<request-data>
  <amazon-ec2-rest-request>
    <access-key>AKIAI**********GROKA</access-key>
    <secret-key>6hXjoZZDv**********cn1y2Yte/jZfnY6WgKCdC</secret-key>
    <operation-name>monitor-instances</operation-name>
    <region>us-west-2</region>
    <parameters>
      <instances-set>
        <item>
          <instance-id>i-3f339636</instance-id>
        </item>
      </instances-set>
    </parameters>
  </amazon-ec2-rest-request>
</request-data>

The following figure shows the response for the sample Monitor Instances operation. 

Sample adapter response for the Monitor Instances operation 

<amazon-ec2-rest-response>
  <metadata>
    <status>success</status>
  </metadata>
  <MonitorInstancesResponse>
    <instancesSet>
      <item>
        <instanceId>i-3f339636</instanceId>
        <monitoring>
          <state>pending</state>
        </monitoring>
      </item>
    </instancesSet>
  </MonitorInstancesResponse>
</amazon-ec2-rest-response>

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Unmonitor Instances operation

The Unmonitor Instances operation enables you to disable monitoring for a running instance. 

The following figure shows a sample <items> XML element for the Unmonitor Instances operation. 

Sample <items> XML element for the Unmonitor Instances operation 

 <items>
    <item>
        <parameters>
            <instances-set>
                <!--Zero or more repetitions:-->
                <item>
                    <instance-id></instance-id>
                </item>
            </instances-set>
        </parameters>
    </item>
</items>

The following table shows the adapter request elements for this request. 

Adapter request elements for the Unmonitor Instances operation 

Element

Definition

Required

<access-key>

Specifies the Amazon Web Services (AWS) access key

You need to generate the AWS access key by going to the Security Credentials tab in the AWS console.

Conditional;

  • You must specify the Access Key and theSecret Key together in the configuration or the adapter request.
  • If you specify both the keys in the adapter request and in the adapter configuration, the key values in the request override the values in the configuration.
  • If only the Access Key is specified, the adapter ignores the value.
<secret-key>

Specifies the AWS secret access key

You need to generate the AWS secret access key by going to the Security Credentials tab in the AWS console.

Conditional;

  • You must specify the Access Key and theSecret Key together in the configuration or the adapter request.
  • If you specify both the keys in the adapter request and in the adapter configuration, the key values in the request override the values in the configuration.
  • If only the Secret Access Key is specified, the adapter ignores the value.
<region>

Specifies the region with which you want the adapter to communicate

Amazon EC2 is hosted in multiple locations world-wide. You must specify the region in which you want the adapter to perform the actions.

Valid values:

  • us-east-1
  • us-west-2 (default)
  • us-west-1
  • eu-west-1
  • ap-southeast-1
  • ap-northeast-1
  • ap-southeast-2
  • sa-east-1
No

<operation-name>

Contains the name of the operation: unmonitor-instances

Yes

<instances-set>

contains the set of instances for which monitoring is to be disabled

Yes

The following figure shows a sample adapter request for the Unmonitor Instances operation. 

Sample adapter request for the Unmonitor Instances operation 

<request-data>
  <amazon-ec2-rest-request>
    <access-key>AKIAI**********GROKA</access-key>
    <secret-key>6hXjoZZDv**********cn1y2Yte/jZfnY6WgKCdC</secret-key>
    <operation-name>unmonitor-instances</operation-name>
    <region>us-east-1</region>
    <parameters>
      <instances-set>
        <item>
          <instance-id>	
i-bec20890</instance-id>
        </item>
      </instances-set>
    </parameters>
  </amazon-ec2-rest-request>
</request-data>

The following figure shows the response for the sample Unmonitor Instances operation. 

Sample adapter response for the Unmonitor Instance operation 

<amazon-ec2-rest-response>
  <metadata>
    <status>success</status>
  </metadata>
  <UnmonitorInstancesResponse>
    <instancesSet>
      <item>
        <instanceId>i-bec20890</instanceId>
        <monitoring>
          <state>disabling</state>
        </monitoring>
      </item>
    </instancesSet>
  </UnmonitorInstancesResponse>
</amazon-ec2-rest-response>

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