How to retrieve SNS topic notifications into Dataminer using AWS cloudwatch connector

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Hello ,

I am trying to receive Amazon CloudWatch metrics notifications in DataMiner using the AWS CloudWatch Connector.

My idea is to configure AWS SNS to send notifications to an HTTP/HTTPS endpoint that points to the DataMiner server.

Before implementing this, I would like to understand a few things:

  • Are there any prerequisites or limitations when using the AWS CloudWatch Connector to receive SNS notifications?

  • Is there anything special that needs to be configured when adding the DataMiner server as an HTTP/HTTPS endpoint in SNS?

  • Does the connector expect a specific payload format for SNS notifications?

  • If we want to use role-based authentication (IAM roles), what is the recommended way to configure it?

I would appreciate any guidance on this 🙂 Thanks

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I don't have practical experience with this connector but I dug into this a bit:

  1. You can find the prerequisites and current feature set of the AWS CloudWatch connector described in the Catalog.
  2. Other than entering the DataMiner endpoint in the SNS console, no other special requirements as far as I can see.
  3. Yes, connector expects the payload as specified in the AWS docs: Make sure your endpoint is ready to process Amazon SNS messages
    Summarized as:

    x-amz-sns-message-type: [SubscriptionConfirmation|Notification] x-amz-sns-message-id: [message-id] {JSON body}

  4. This is AWS specific, see AWS docs : Using identity-based policies with Amazon SNS
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