Implementing AWS: Design, Build, and Manage your Infrastructure

How to do it...

1. In the CloudWatch console, go to the Alarms section:

2. Click Create Alarm to start the wizard:

3. Select the metric you are interested in alerting on. In this case, we will choose By Function Name under Lambda Metrics:

4. Select the specific metric. You can filter by any of the values in the table. In this case, we will select Errors and click Next:

5. Define the alarm, giving at least a name and a threshold. In this case, we ...