cloudwatch_status_check_via_aws_cli

# To create a status check alarm via AWS CLI
aws cloudwatch put-metric-alarm --alarm-name StatusCheckFailed-Alarm-for-test-instance --metric-name StatusCheckFailed --namespace AWS/EC2 --statistic Maximum --dimensions Name=InstanceId,Value=i-1234567890abcdef0 --unit Count --period 300 --evaluation-periods 2 --threshold 1 --comparison-operator GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold --alarm-actions arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:111122223333:my-sns-topic