Does the AWS CloudWatch driver leverage Boto3 for alarms/events?

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Hi, after looking into the .xml file and help file of the Amazon AWS CloudWatch driver v1.0.1.5, it is clear to me that the driver has the capability to listen for alarms/events via Amazon SNS (through HTTP(s) interface).

I am aware that it is also possible to interface to CloudWatch via Boto3 (Python SDK) to retrieve alarms/events. However given my findings in the paragraph above, I’m assuming that this mean that the AWS CloudWatch driver does NOT leverage Boto3 for alarms/events. Can an SME please help confirm that my assumption is correct?

Bing Herng Chong [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Selected answer as best 21st December 2020

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Hello Bing,

We’ve checked the driver and there is no reference in there to Boto3. So Boto3 is not being leveraged inside of the Amazon AWS CloudWatch driver. But as stated by you, it is using the Amazon SNS to retrieve notifications.

Bing Herng Chong [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Posted new comment 21st December 2020
Bing Herng Chong [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] commented

Thanks Stacey for your advise regarding this matter!