For Lambda:
MyNewAlarm: Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm Properties: AlarmName: "AlarmNameGoesHere" AlarmDescription: "Alarm if lambda errors out too many times" Namespace: "AWS/Lambda" MetricName: "Errors" Dimensions: - Name: "FunctionName" Value: "NameOfYourLambdaFunction" Statistic: "Sum" ComparisonOperator: "GreaterThanThreshold" Threshold: 0 EvaluationPeriods: 5 Period: 60 TreatMissingData: "breaching"