diff --git a/go/example_code/ec2/create_enable_alarms.go b/go/example_code/ec2/create_enable_alarms.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7de66d9373d
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+++ b/go/example_code/ec2/create_enable_alarms.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
+)
+
+// Usage:
+// go run main.go <customer id> <instance id> <alarm name>
+func main() {
+	// Load session from shared config.
+	sess := session.Must(session.NewSessionWithOptions(session.Options{
+		SharedConfigState: session.SharedConfigEnable,
+	}))
+
+	// Create new cloudwatch client.
+	svc := cloudwatch.New(sess)
+
+	// Create a metric alarm that will reboot an instance if its CPU utilization is
+	// greate than 70.0%.
+	_, err := svc.PutMetricAlarm(&cloudwatch.PutMetricAlarmInput{
+		AlarmName:          &os.Args[3],
+		ComparisonOperator: aws.String(cloudwatch.ComparisonOperatorGreaterThanThreshold),
+		EvaluationPeriods:  aws.Int64(1),
+		MetricName:         aws.String("CPUUtilization"),
+		Namespace:          aws.String("AWS/EC2"),
+		Period:             aws.Int64(60),
+		Statistic:          aws.String(cloudwatch.StatisticAverage),
+		Threshold:          aws.Float64(70.0),
+		ActionsEnabled:     aws.Bool(true),
+		AlarmDescription:   aws.String("Alarm when server CPU exceeds 70%"),
+		Unit:               aws.String(cloudwatch.StandardUnitSeconds),
+
+		// This is apart of the default workflow actions. This one will reboot the instance, if the
+		// alarm is triggered.
+		AlarmActions: []*string{
+			aws.String(fmt.Sprintf("arn:aws:swf:us-east-1:%s:action/actions/AWS_EC2.InstanceId.Reboot/1.0", os.Args[1])),
+		},
+		Dimensions: []*cloudwatch.Dimension{
+			&cloudwatch.Dimension{
+				Name:  aws.String("InstanceId"),
+				Value: &os.Args[2],
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// This will enable the alarm to our instance.
+	result, err := svc.EnableAlarmActions(&cloudwatch.EnableAlarmActionsInput{
+		AlarmNames: []*string{
+			&os.Args[3],
+		},
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("Alarm action enabled", result)
+}
diff --git a/go/example_code/ec2/custom_metrics.go b/go/example_code/ec2/custom_metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f75421ed1a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/example_code/ec2/custom_metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
+)
+
+// Usage:
+// go run main.go
+func main() {
+	// Load session from shared config.
+	sess := session.Must(session.NewSessionWithOptions(session.Options{
+		SharedConfigState: session.SharedConfigEnable,
+	}))
+
+	// Create new cloudwatch client.
+	svc := cloudwatch.New(sess)
+
+	// This will disable the alarm.
+	result, err := svc.PutMetricData(&cloudwatch.PutMetricDataInput{
+		MetricData: []*cloudwatch.MetricDatum{
+			&cloudwatch.MetricDatum{
+				MetricName: aws.String("PAGES_VISITED"),
+				Unit:       aws.String(cloudwatch.StandardUnitNone),
+				Value:      aws.Float64(1.0),
+				Dimensions: []*cloudwatch.Dimension{
+					&cloudwatch.Dimension{
+						Name:  aws.String("UNIQUE_PAGES"),
+						Value: aws.String("URLS"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		Namespace: aws.String("SITE/TRAFFIC"),
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("Success", result)
+}
diff --git a/go/example_code/ec2/disable_alarm.go b/go/example_code/ec2/disable_alarm.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7cfc373ed13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/example_code/ec2/disable_alarm.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
+)
+
+// Usage:
+// go run main.go <alarm name>
+func main() {
+	// Load session from shared config.
+	sess := session.Must(session.NewSessionWithOptions(session.Options{
+		SharedConfigState: session.SharedConfigEnable,
+	}))
+
+	// Create new cloudwatch client.
+	svc := cloudwatch.New(sess)
+
+	// This will disable the alarm.
+	result, err := svc.DisableAlarmActions(&cloudwatch.DisableAlarmActionsInput{
+		AlarmNames: []*string{
+			&os.Args[1],
+		},
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("Success", result)
+}
diff --git a/go/example_code/ec2/listing_metrics.go b/go/example_code/ec2/listing_metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db574b341b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/example_code/ec2/listing_metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
+)
+
+// Usage:
+// go run main.go
+func main() {
+	// Load session from shared config.
+	sess := session.Must(session.NewSessionWithOptions(session.Options{
+		SharedConfigState: session.SharedConfigEnable,
+	}))
+
+	// Create new cloudwatch client.
+	svc := cloudwatch.New(sess)
+
+	// This will disable the alarm.
+	result, err := svc.ListMetrics(&cloudwatch.ListMetricsInput{
+		MetricName: aws.String("IncomingLogEvents"),
+		Namespace:  aws.String("AWS/Logs"),
+		Dimensions: []*cloudwatch.DimensionFilter{
+			&cloudwatch.DimensionFilter{
+				Name: aws.String("LogGroupName"),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("Metrics", result.Metrics)
+}