metricName

The name of the metric to associate with the alarm.

You can configure up to two alarms per metric.

The following metrics are available for each resource type:

  • Instances: BurstCapacityPercentage, BurstCapacityTime, CPUUtilization, NetworkIn, NetworkOut, StatusCheckFailed, StatusCheckFailed_Instance, and StatusCheckFailed_System.

  • Load balancers: ClientTLSNegotiationErrorCount, HealthyHostCount, UnhealthyHostCount, HTTPCode_LB_4XX_Count, HTTPCode_LB_5XX_Count, HTTPCode_Instance_2XX_Count, HTTPCode_Instance_3XX_Count, HTTPCode_Instance_4XX_Count, HTTPCode_Instance_5XX_Count, InstanceResponseTime, RejectedConnectionCount, and RequestCount.

  • Relational databases: CPUUtilization, DatabaseConnections, DiskQueueDepth, FreeStorageSpace, NetworkReceiveThroughput, and NetworkTransmitThroughput.

For more information about these metrics, see Metrics available in Lightsail.