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December 15, 2014 16:19
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This is a quick script to rename an alarm in aws, as the console doesn't allow it yet.
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| import sys | |
| import boto | |
| def rename_alarm(alarm_name, new_alarm_name): | |
| conn = boto.connect_cloudwatch() | |
| def get_alarm(): | |
| alarms = conn.describe_alarms(alarm_names=[alarm_name]) | |
| if not alarms: | |
| raise Exception("Alarm '%s' not found" % alarm_name) | |
| return alarms[0] | |
| alarm = get_alarm() | |
| # work around boto comparison serialization issue | |
| # https://github.com/boto/boto/issues/1311 | |
| alarm.comparison = alarm._cmp_map.get(alarm.comparison) | |
| alarm.name = new_alarm_name | |
| conn.update_alarm(alarm) | |
| # update actually creates a new alarm because the name has changed, so | |
| # we have to manually delete the old one | |
| get_alarm().delete() | |
| if __name__ == '__main__': | |
| alarm_name, new_alarm_name = sys.argv[1:3] | |
| rename_alarm(alarm_name, new_alarm_name) |
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