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How would you add a user defined metric in Amazon CloudWatch?

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Final answer:

To add a user-defined metric in Amazon CloudWatch, use the PutMetricData API and the AWS CLI.

Step-by-step explanation:

To add a user-defined metric in Amazon CloudWatch, you can use the PutMetricData API, which allows you to publish custom metrics. Here is an example of how to add a user-defined metric using the AWS CLI:

  1. Open the AWS CLI and run the following command:
aws cloudwatch put-metric-data --namespace your-namespace --metric-name your-metric --value your-value --dimensions key1=value1,key2=value2

Replace your-namespace, your-metric, your-value, key1=value1, and key2=value2 with your desired values.

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