Configuring alerts
Amazon Lookout for Metrics finds anomalies in your data. Depending on the severity of the anomalies detected, the service can send some notifications either to a Lambda function or to an SNS topic:
- AWS Lambda: This is a computing service that lets you run your code without provisioning and managing any underlying services or infrastructure. You can write a lambda function that will process any event generated by Amazon Lookout for Metrics to react to detected anomalies.
- Amazon SNS: This messaging service can be used to send messages between applications or between applications and persons (for instance, by sending text messages to an end user). You can use this service to send a notification whenever your detector finds an anomaly worthy of being reported.
To add an alert to a detector, complete the following steps:
- Open the Amazon Lookout for Metrics service home page and click on Detectors in the left-hand menu bar. Then, select your...