CloudWatch Alarms and Event Rules: New CloudFormation Stacks Created Alarm

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A CloudWatch Alarm that triggers when a new CloudFormation stack is created

Prerequisites: This Alarm requires CloudTrail enabled, with events sent to a CloudWatch Log Group. See Related Configuration Items for configuration to enable CloudTrail/CloudWatch, or enter the CloudWatch Log Group name under the Metric Filter Configuration section.

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AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Description: ''
Resources:
  SnsTopicMetricFilterCloudWatchAlarm:
    Type: 'AWS::SNS::Topic'
    Properties:
      Subscription:
        - Endpoint: email@example.com
          Protocol: email
      TopicName: alarm-action
  CloudWatchAlarm:
    Type: 'AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm'
    Properties:
      AlarmName: cloudformation_create
      AlarmDescription: A CloudWatch Alarm that triggers when a new CloudFormation stack is created
      MetricName: AmiCreateEventCount
      Namespace: CloudTrailMetrics
      Statistic: Sum
      Period: '300'
      EvaluationPeriods: '1'
      Threshold: '1'
      ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold
      AlarmActions:
        - Ref: SnsTopicMetricFilterCloudWatchAlarm
      TreatMissingData: notBreaching
  MetricFilterCloudWatchAlarm:
    Type: 'AWS::Logs::MetricFilter'
    Properties:
      LogGroupName: ''
      FilterPattern: '{ ($.eventName = CreateStack) }'
      MetricTransformations:
        - MetricValue: '1'
          MetricNamespace: CloudTrailMetrics
          MetricName: AmiCreateEventCount
Parameters: {}
Metadata: {}
Conditions: {}

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New CloudFormation Stacks Created Alarm

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