Returns events related to instances, security groups, snapshots, and DB parameter groups for the past 14 days. You can obtain events specific to a particular DB instance, security group, snapshot, or parameter group by providing the name as a parameter. By default, the events of the past hour are returned.
get/#Action=DescribeEvents
Query parameters
SourceIdentifierstring
<p>The identifier of the event source for which events are returned. If not specified, then all sources are included in the response.</p> <p>Constraints:</p> <ul> <li> <p>If <code>SourceIdentifier</code> is provided, <code>SourceType</code> must also be provided.</p> </li> <li> <p>If the source type is <code>DBInstance</code>, a <code>DBInstanceIdentifier</code> must be provided.</p> </li> <li> <p>If the source type is <code>DBSecurityGroup</code>, a <code>DBSecurityGroupName</code> must be provided.</p> </li> <li> <p>If the source type is <code>DBParameterGroup</code>, a <code>DBParameterGroupName</code> must be provided.</p> </li> <li> <p>If the source type is <code>DBSnapshot</code>, a <code>DBSnapshotIdentifier</code> must be provided.</p> </li> <li> <p>Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens.</p> </li> </ul>
SourceType'db-instance' | 'db-parameter-group' | 'db-security-group' | 'db-snapshot' | 'db-cluster' | 'db-cluster-snapshot'
The event source to retrieve events for. If no value is specified, all events are returned.
StartTimestring date-time
<p> The beginning of the time interval to retrieve events for, specified in ISO 8601 format. </p> <p>Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z</p>
EndTimestring date-time
<p> The end of the time interval for which to retrieve events, specified in ISO 8601 format. </p> <p>Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z</p>
Durationinteger
<p>The number of minutes to retrieve events for.</p> <p>Default: 60</p>
EventCategoriesstring[]
A list of event categories that trigger notifications for an event notification subscription.
This parameter is not currently supported.
MaxRecordsinteger
<p> The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified <code>MaxRecords</code> value, a pagination token (marker) is included in the response so that the remaining results can be retrieved.</p> <p>Default: 100</p> <p>Constraints: Minimum 20, maximum 100.</p>
Markerstring
An optional pagination token provided by a previous request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by <code>MaxRecords</code>.
Action'DescribeEvents' required
Version'2014-10-31' required
Response
Success