dynamodb-capacity-monitor

This workflow sends a notification to Slack when DynamoDB provisioned capacity exceeds defined limits.

Prerequisites

Before you run this workflow, you will need the following:

• An AWS account and credentials with read access to DynamoDB.
• A Slack workspace and an appropriate channel to send notifications to.

Configure the workflow

• Define the following parameters:
  • slackChannel: the slack channel to send notifications to.
• Setup unconfigured connections from the Settings sidebar:
  • Configure the Slack connection slack-connection.
  • Configure the AWS connection aws-connection.
• Update the capacity specification if desired:
  • multiple, independent capacity thresholds can be defined
  • regions can be updated to include or exclude any desired regions
  • aggregate limits represent a total of the defined regions
  • regional limits apply per region

Specification examples

  spec:
    aws: !Connection { type: aws, name: aws-connection }
    ignore:
    - us-gov-east-1
    - us-gov-west-1
    - us-iso-east-1
    - us-isob-east-1
    capacity:
    - regions:
        include:
        - us-east-1
        - us-east-2
      limits:
        aggregate:
          read: 500
          write: 500
        regional:
          read: 300
          write: 300
    - regions:
        include:
        - us-west-1
        - us-west-2
      limits:
        aggregate:
          read: 750
          write: 500
        regional:
          read: 500
          write: 300
    - regions:
        all: true
        exclude:
        - us-east-1
        - us-east-2
        - us-west-1
        - us-west-2
      limits:
        aggregate:
          read: 0
          write: 0
        regional:
          read: 0
          write: 0