RDS / Client / describe_events

describe_events#

RDS.Client.describe_events(**kwargs)#

Returns events related to DB instances, DB clusters, DB parameter groups, DB security groups, DB snapshots, DB cluster snapshots, and RDS Proxies for the past 14 days. Events specific to a particular DB instance, DB cluster, DB parameter group, DB security group, DB snapshot, DB cluster snapshot group, or RDS Proxy can be obtained by providing the name as a parameter.

For more information on working with events, see Monitoring Amazon RDS events in the Amazon RDS User Guide and Monitoring Amazon Aurora events in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

Note

By default, RDS returns events that were generated in the past hour.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.describe_events(
    SourceIdentifier='string',
    SourceType='db-instance'|'db-parameter-group'|'db-security-group'|'db-snapshot'|'db-cluster'|'db-cluster-snapshot'|'custom-engine-version'|'db-proxy'|'blue-green-deployment',
    StartTime=datetime(2015, 1, 1),
    EndTime=datetime(2015, 1, 1),
    Duration=123,
    EventCategories=[
        'string',
    ],
    Filters=[
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'Values': [
                'string',
            ]
        },
    ],
    MaxRecords=123,
    Marker='string'
)
Parameters:

  • SourceIdentifier (string) –

    The identifier of the event source for which events are returned. If not specified, then all sources are included in the response.

    Constraints:

    • If SourceIdentifier is supplied, SourceType must also be provided.

    • If the source type is a DB instance, a DBInstanceIdentifier value must be supplied.

    • If the source type is a DB cluster, a DBClusterIdentifier value must be supplied.

    • If the source type is a DB parameter group, a DBParameterGroupName value must be supplied.

    • If the source type is a DB security group, a DBSecurityGroupName value must be supplied.

    • If the source type is a DB snapshot, a DBSnapshotIdentifier value must be supplied.

    • If the source type is a DB cluster snapshot, a DBClusterSnapshotIdentifier value must be supplied.

    • If the source type is an RDS Proxy, a DBProxyName value must be supplied.

    • Can’t end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens.

  • SourceType (string) – The event source to retrieve events for. If no value is specified, all events are returned.

  • StartTime (datetime) –

    The beginning of the time interval to retrieve events for, specified in ISO 8601 format. For more information about ISO 8601, go to the ISO8601 Wikipedia page.

    Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z

  • EndTime (datetime) –

    The end of the time interval for which to retrieve events, specified in ISO 8601 format. For more information about ISO 8601, go to the ISO8601 Wikipedia page.

    Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z

  • Duration (integer) –

    The number of minutes to retrieve events for.

    Default: 60

  • EventCategories (list) –

    A list of event categories that trigger notifications for a event notification subscription.

    • (string) –

  • Filters (list) –

    This parameter isn’t currently supported.

    • (dict) –

      A filter name and value pair that is used to return a more specific list of results from a describe operation. Filters can be used to match a set of resources by specific criteria, such as IDs. The filters supported by a describe operation are documented with the describe operation.

      Note

      Currently, wildcards are not supported in filters.

      The following actions can be filtered:

      • DescribeDBClusterBacktracks

      • DescribeDBClusterEndpoints

      • DescribeDBClusters

      • DescribeDBInstances

      • DescribePendingMaintenanceActions

      • Name (string) – [REQUIRED]

        The name of the filter. Filter names are case-sensitive.

      • Values (list) – [REQUIRED]

        One or more filter values. Filter values are case-sensitive.

        • (string) –

  • MaxRecords (integer) –

    The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified MaxRecords value, a pagination token called a marker is included in the response so that you can retrieve the remaining results.

    Default: 100

    Constraints: Minimum 20, maximum 100.

  • Marker (string) – An optional pagination token provided by a previous DescribeEvents request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by MaxRecords.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'Marker': 'string',
    'Events': [
        {
            'SourceIdentifier': 'string',
            'SourceType': 'db-instance'|'db-parameter-group'|'db-security-group'|'db-snapshot'|'db-cluster'|'db-cluster-snapshot'|'custom-engine-version'|'db-proxy'|'blue-green-deployment',
            'Message': 'string',
            'EventCategories': [
                'string',
            ],
            'Date': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'SourceArn': 'string'
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) –

    Contains the result of a successful invocation of the DescribeEvents action.

    • Marker (string) –

      An optional pagination token provided by a previous Events request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by MaxRecords.

    • Events (list) –

      A list of Event instances.

      • (dict) –

        This data type is used as a response element in the DescribeEvents action.

        • SourceIdentifier (string) –

          Provides the identifier for the source of the event.

        • SourceType (string) –

          Specifies the source type for this event.

        • Message (string) –

          Provides the text of this event.

        • EventCategories (list) –

          Specifies the category for the event.

          • (string) –

        • Date (datetime) –

          Specifies the date and time of the event.

        • SourceArn (string) –

          The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the event.

Examples

This example lists information for all backup-related events for the specified DB instance for the past 7 days (7 days * 24 hours * 60 minutes = 10,080 minutes).

response = client.describe_events(
    Duration=10080,
    EventCategories=[
        'backup',
    ],
    SourceIdentifier='mymysqlinstance',
    SourceType='db-instance',
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}