---
name: "euwatch-describe-alarms-for-metric"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "euca2ools"
version: "3.3.1-2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/euwatch-describe-alarms-for-metric"
---

# euwatch-describe-alarms-for-metric(1)

Describe alarms for a single metric.

## NAME

euwatch-describe-alarms-for-metric - Describe alarms for a single metric.

## SYNOPSIS

euwatch-describe-alarms-for-metric **--metric-name** METRIC **--namespace**

- NAMESPACE

  \[--dimensions KEY1=VALUE1,KEY2=VALUE2,...\] \[--period SECONDS\] \[--show-long\] \[--statistic {Average,Maximum,Minimum,SampleCount,Sum}\] \[--unit UNIT\] \[--show-empty-fields\] \[-U URL\] \[--region USER@REGION\] \[-I KEY\_ID\] \[-S KEY\] \[--security-token TOKEN\] \[--debug\] \[--debugger\] \[--version\] \[-h\]

## DESCRIPTION

Describe alarms for a single metric.

## DESCRIPTION

Note that all of an alarm's metrics must match exactly to obtain any results.

### optional arguments:

- **--metric-name** METRIC

  name of the metric (required)

- **--namespace** NAMESPACE

  namespace of the metric (required)

- **--dimensions** KEY1=VALUE1,KEY2=VALUE2,...

  dimensions of the metric

- **--period** SECONDS

  period over which statistics are applied

- **--show-long**

  show all of the alarms' info

- **--statistic** {Average,Maximum,Minimum,SampleCount,Sum}

  statistic of the metric on which to trigger alarms

- **--unit** UNIT

  unit of measurement for statistics

- **--show-empty-fields**

  show empty values as "(nil)"

- **-U** URL, **--url** URL

  instance monitoring service endpoint URL

- **--region** USER@REGION

  region and/or user names to search when looking up config file data

**-I** KEY\_ID, **--access-key-id** KEY\_ID

**-S** KEY, **--secret-key** KEY

**--security-token** TOKEN

- **--debug**

  show debugging output

- **--debugger**

  launch interactive debugger on error

- **--version**

  show the program's version and exit

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit