CloudWatchApplicationSignals / Client / start_discovery

start_discovery#

CloudWatchApplicationSignals.Client.start_discovery()#

Enables this Amazon Web Services account to be able to use CloudWatch Application Signals by creating the AWSServiceRoleForCloudWatchApplicationSignals service-linked role. This service- linked role has the following permissions:

  • xray:GetServiceGraph

  • logs:StartQuery

  • logs:GetQueryResults

  • cloudwatch:GetMetricData

  • cloudwatch:ListMetrics

  • tag:GetResources

  • autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups

After completing this step, you still need to instrument your Java and Python applications to send data to Application Signals. For more information, see Enabling Application Signals.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.start_discovery()
Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{}

Response Structure

  • (dict) –

Exceptions