Actions in AWS Monitoring

Manage your connected AWS accounts — edit configuration, re-run discovery, enable or disable monitoring, or remove an account entirely.

Overview

All Actions in AWS monitoring are performed from the probe settings page. Navigate to Settings → Monitoring → Probes, select the relevant probe, and open the AWS tab. Each connected AWS account is listed with its name, discovery interval, monitored services, and a set of action icons on the right.

Editing an AWS Account

To update the configuration of a connected AWS account, such as changing the discovery interval, updating credentials, or adding new services to monitor:

1. Navigate to Settings → Monitoring → Probes
2. Click the edit icon next to the probe, then open the AWS tab
3. Click the edit icon next to the AWS account
4. The account form opens pre-filled with the existing configuration
5. Make the required changes and click Save

Individual monitoring settings for a specific resource can also be changed by editing directly from the resource's own settings page.

Rediscovery

If new resources have been added to your AWS account and are not yet appearing in Cloudmon, you can manually trigger a re-discovery scan without waiting for the next scheduled interval:

1. Navigate to Settings → Monitoring → Probes
2. Click the edit icon next to the probe, then open the AWS tab
3. Click the refresh icon next to the AWS account
4. Cloudmon will immediately re-scan your AWS environment and add any newly discovered resources

Enable / Disable Monitoring

You can temporarily pause monitoring for an AWS account without deleting it. This is useful when you want to stop collecting metrics during planned maintenance or testing without losing your configuration.

1. Navigate to Cloud → AWS → [AWS account] 
   
2. Select EC2 Instance, RDS Instance, or S3 Buckets (the one to disable or enable monitoring on)
   
3. Use the toggle switch next to the edit icon to enable or disable monitoring for the specific instance or bucket
4. The toggle takes effect immediately, with no confirmation required

💡 Note: Disabling monitoring pauses metric collection but retains all existing configuration and historical data. Re-enable at any time by toggling it back on.

Deleting an AWS Account

To permanently remove an AWS account from Cloudmon monitoring:

1. Navigate to Settings → Monitoring → Probes
2. Click the edit icon next to the probe, then open the AWS tab
3. Click the delete icon next to the AWS account
4. Confirm the deletion when prompted

⚠️ Important: Deleting an AWS account removes all associated monitoring data and alarm rules from Cloudmon. This action cannot be undone. Your actual AWS resources are not affected.