Steps to configure E-mail notification for EC2 instance

In this blog, we will show you the steps to configure E-mail notification for EC2 Instance in AWS.

ENVIRONMENT OVERVIEW

• We created a t2, micro EC2 windows instance for this demo.

CREATING SNS (SIMPLE NOTIFICATION SERVICE) TOPIC

• Login in to your AWS account and search for SNS service.

• Select the Topics option.

• Click on Create Topic button.

• Provide the Name and Display Name and click on Create topic.

• Under Subscription topic, select the Create subscription option.

• From the create subscription window, select the protocol as E-mail from the drop-down list.

• Provide your e-mail address and click on create the subscription.

• You will receive a confirmation E-mail to your inbox. Click on the confirm subscription link.

• Once you confirmed the subscription, the status will be changed to confirmed in SNS.

CREATING RULES IN CLOUDWATCH

• From the services page, search for cloudwatch.

• Select the Rules link and click on create rule button.

• Under Event Source, select the service name as EC2 and event type as EC2 Instance State-change Notification.

• We select EC2 state as stopped and terminated for the drop-down list.

• In the target section, click on Add target.

• From the drop-down list, select SNS topic and select our newly created topic.

• Review all the selected settings and click on Configure details. Provide the name and description for this rule and click on create rule button.

• The rule created successfully.

VERIFICATION

• For testing purpose, Goto EC2 Instance page, and shut down the machine.

• Once the instance state has been changed to stop, you will receive the notification mail to your inbox.

REFERENCE

E-mail Notification

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