AWS CloudWatch

name: AWS CloudWatch
description: >-
  Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service that provides data and actionable insights for AWS,
  hybrid, and on-premises applications and infrastructure resources.
image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cloudwatch/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Alarms
  - Aws
  - Dashboards
  - Logs
  - Metrics
  - Monitoring
  - Observability
apis:
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch API
    description: Core CloudWatch API for metrics, alarms, and dashboards.
    image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
    baseURL: https://monitoring.amazonaws.com
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/monitoring/2010-08-01/openapi.yaml
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/cloudwatch-openapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/cloudwatch-alarm-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/cloudwatch-metric-schema.json
      - type: JSONLD
        url: json-ld/cloudwatch-context.jsonld
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/GettingStarted.html
      - type: SDK
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/
      - type: Console
        url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
      - type: Features
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/
    tags:
      - Alarms
      - Dashboards
      - Metric-Streams
      - Metrics
      - Statistics
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch Logs API
    description: API for ingesting, storing, and analyzing log data.
    image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/
    baseURL: https://logs.amazonaws.com
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/logs/2014-03-28/openapi.yaml
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/
      - type: SDK
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
    tags:
      - Insights
      - Log-Analytics
      - Log-Groups
      - Log-Streams
      - Logs
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch Events API
    description: Event-driven architecture for responding to state changes in AWS resources.
    image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/
    baseURL: https://events.amazonaws.com
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/events/2015-10-07/openapi.yaml
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/APIReference/
      - type: SDK
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
    tags:
      - Event-Bus
      - Eventbridge
      - Events
      - Rules
      - Targets
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch Application Insights API
    description: Automated monitoring for applications with anomaly detection.
    image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/
    baseURL: https://applicationinsights.amazonaws.com
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch-application-insights.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/application-insights/2018-11-25/openapi.yaml
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/latest/APIReference/
      - type: SDK
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
    tags:
      - Anomaly-Detection
      - Application-Insights
      - Observability
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics API
    description: API for creating and managing canaries that continuously monitor endpoints and APIs using synthetic traffic.
    image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
    humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries.html
    baseURL: https://synthetics.amazonaws.com
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/synthetics/2017-10-11/openapi.yaml
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSynthetics/latest/APIReference/
      - type: SDK
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
    tags:
      - Canaries
      - Endpoint-Monitoring
      - Monitoring
      - Synthetics
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor API
    description: API for monitoring internet performance and availability between applications hosted on AWS and end users.
    image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
    humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-InternetMonitor.html
    baseURL: https://internetmonitor.amazonaws.com
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-InternetMonitor.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/internetmonitor/2021-06-03/openapi.yaml
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/internet-monitor/latest/api/Welcome.html
      - type: SDK
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
    tags:
      - Availability
      - Internet-Monitor
      - Latency
      - Network-Performance
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch RUM API
    description: >-
      API for real user monitoring to collect client-side data about web and mobile application performance from actual
      user sessions.
    image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
    humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM.html
    baseURL: https://rum.amazonaws.com
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/rum/2018-05-10/openapi.yaml
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatchrum/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
      - type: SDK
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
    tags:
      - Client-Side
      - Real-User-Monitoring
      - Rum
      - Web-Performance
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch Observability Access Manager API
    description: API for creating and managing cross-account observability links between source accounts and monitoring accounts.
    image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
    humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Unified-Cross-Account.html
    baseURL: https://oam.amazonaws.com
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Unified-Cross-Account.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/oam/2022-06-10/openapi.yaml
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/OAM/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
      - type: SDK
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
    tags:
      - Cross-Account
      - Monitoring-Account
      - Oam
      - Observability
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals API
    description: API for automatic instrumentation and monitoring of application services with service level objectives.
    image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/application-observability-apm/
    baseURL: https://application-signals.amazonaws.com
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Application-Monitoring-Sections.html
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/applicationsignals/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
      - type: SDK
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
    tags:
      - Apm
      - Application-Signals
      - Service-Level-Objectives
      - Slo
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitor API
    description: >-
      API for active network monitoring to identify network issues within AWS or company networks using synthetic
      probes.
    image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/network-monitoring/
    baseURL: https://networkmonitor.amazonaws.com
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/what-is-network-monitor.html
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/networkmonitor/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
      - type: SDK
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
    tags:
      - Direct-Connect
      - Hybrid-Connectivity
      - Network-Monitor
      - Network-Performance
common:
  - type: Blog
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/category/management-tools/amazon-cloudwatch/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/faqs/
  - type: Support
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.aws.amazon.com/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/releasenotes/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/
  - type: Features
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: SDK
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudwatch-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudwatch-alarm-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/cloudwatch-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/cloudwatch-spectral-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/cloudwatch-vocabulary.yaml
  - type: Features
    data:
      - Unified monitoring across AWS resources with automatic dashboards
      - Metric collection and custom metrics publishing
      - CloudWatch Alarms with composite alarm support and anomaly detection
      - CloudWatch Logs Insights for interactive log analytics
      - Synthetics canaries for endpoint and API monitoring
      - Real User Monitoring (RUM) for client-side performance
      - Internet Monitor for availability and latency tracking
      - Application Signals for automatic service instrumentation and SLOs
      - Cross-account observability with Observability Access Manager
      - Network Monitor for hybrid connectivity health
  - type: UseCases
    data:
      - Monitoring application health and setting automated alarms
      - Centralized log aggregation and analysis across AWS services
      - Tracking end-user experience with real user monitoring
      - Proactively detecting API and endpoint issues with synthetic monitoring
      - Managing SLOs across microservices architectures
      - Monitoring network performance for Direct Connect and VPN
      - Cross-account observability for multi-account AWS organizations
      - Anomaly detection on metrics to identify unexpected behavior
  - type: Integrations
    data:
      - Amazon SNS for alarm notifications
      - AWS Lambda for automated remediation
      - Amazon EventBridge for event-driven architectures
      - AWS X-Ray for distributed tracing
      - Amazon Managed Grafana for visualization
      - AWS Systems Manager for operational automation
      - PagerDuty and Slack via SNS topic subscriptions
      - Terraform and CloudFormation for infrastructure as code
  - type: Integrations
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace
integrations:
  - name: Sign in
  - name: Agent Mode
  - name: Why AWS Marketplace?
  - name: Get started in AWS Marketplace
  - name: Industry
  - name: Resources
  - name: Become a Channel Partner
  - name: Sell in AWS Marketplace
  - name: Manage Your Account
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]