describe-events¶

Description¶

Returns events related to DAX clusters and parameter groups. You can obtain events specific to a particular DAX cluster or parameter group by providing the name as a parameter.

By default, only the events occurring within the last 24 hours are returned; however, you can retrieve up to 14 days’ worth of events if necessary.

Synopsis¶

  describe-events
[--source-name <value>]
[--source-type <value>]
[--start-time <value>]
[--end-time <value>]
[--duration <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options¶

--source-name (string)

The identifier of the event source for which events will be returned. If not specified, then all sources are included in the response.

--source-type (string)

The event source to retrieve events for. If no value is specified, all events are returned.

Possible values:

CLUSTER

PARAMETER_GROUP

SUBNET_GROUP

--start-time (timestamp)

The beginning of the time interval to retrieve events for, specified in ISO 8601 format.

--end-time (timestamp)

The end of the time interval for which to retrieve events, specified in ISO 8601 format.

--duration (integer)

The number of minutes’ worth of events to retrieve.

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--starting-token (string)

A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated response.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--page-size (integer)

The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command’s output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--max-items (integer)

The total number of items to return in the command’s output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command’s output. To resume pagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples¶

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To return all events related to DAX clusters and parameter groups

The following describe-events example displays details of events that are related to DAX clusters and parameter groups.

aws dax describe-events

Output:

{
    "Events": [
        {
            "SourceName": "daxcluster",
            "SourceType": "CLUSTER",
            "Message": "Cluster deleted.",
            "Date": 1576702736.706
        },
        {
            "SourceName": "daxcluster",
            "SourceType": "CLUSTER",
            "Message": "Removed node daxcluster-b.",
            "Date": 1576702691.738
        },
        {
            "SourceName": "daxcluster",
            "SourceType": "CLUSTER",
            "Message": "Removed node daxcluster-a.",
            "Date": 1576702633.498
        },
        {
            "SourceName": "daxcluster",
            "SourceType": "CLUSTER",
            "Message": "Removed node daxcluster-c.",
            "Date": 1576702631.329
        },
        {
            "SourceName": "daxcluster",
            "SourceType": "CLUSTER",
            "Message": "Cluster created.",
            "Date": 1576626560.057
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Managing DAX Clusters in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.

Output¶

NextToken -> (string)

Provides an identifier to allow retrieval of paginated results.

Events -> (list)

An array of events. Each element in the array represents one event.

(structure)

Represents a single occurrence of something interesting within the system. Some examples of events are creating a DAX cluster, adding or removing a node, or rebooting a node.

SourceName -> (string)

The source of the event. For example, if the event occurred at the node level, the source would be the node ID.

SourceType -> (string)

Specifies the origin of this event - a cluster, a parameter group, a node ID, etc.

Message -> (string)

A user-defined message associated with the event.

Date -> (timestamp)

The date and time when the event occurred.

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