Configuring the monitoring of Amazon Web Services

Account Name

Type the name or the account that you want to monitor.

Note: Do not use special characters like (@), slash mark (/) in the Account Label field.

Access Key

Type the access key for the account provided by Amazon Web Services.

Secret Key

Type the secret key for the account provided by Amazon Web Services.

Advanced AWS monitoring services

Select one or more of the following Amazon Web Services options to monitor:

• Simple Notification Service
• Simple Queue Service
• ElastiCache

Add to List 

Click this option to add the account to the list of monitored accounts.

Modify Selection

Click this option to save the changes you made in the configuration details for the selected account. After doing this, click Update to reflect your changes under the list of Defined Monitor Types and Attributes on the Monitor Configuration tab.

This option is only available when you select an existing policy and click Edit on the Monitor Configuration tab.

Remove from List

Click this option to remove the account from the list of monitored accounts.

This option is only available when you select an existing policy and click Edit or Delete on the Monitor Configuration tab.

Add

Click this option to add the monitor type under the list of Defined Monitor Types and Attributes on the Monitor Configuration tab

Close 

Click this option to close the Add Monitor Types dialog box without saving any changes

Reset

Click this option to clear off your configuration and revert to default settings