• The AWS Systems Manager CloudWatch Dashboard will no longer be available after April 30, 2026. Customers can continue to use Amazon CloudWatch console to view, create, and manage their Amazon CloudWatch dashboards, just as they do today. For more information, see [Amazon CloudWatch Dashboard documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Dashboards.html). 

# Configuring EventBridge for Systems Manager events
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You can use Amazon EventBridge to perform a target event when supported AWS Systems Manager status changes, state changes, or other conditions occur. You can create a rule that runs whenever there is a state or status transition, or when there is a transition to one or more states that are of interest. 

The following procedure provides general steps for creating an EventBridge rule that engages when a specified event is emitted by Systems Manager. For a list of procedures in this user guide that address specific scenarios, see **More info** at the end of this topic.

**Note**  
When a service in your AWS account emits an event, it always goes to your account’s default event bus. To write a rule that responds to events from AWS services in your account, associate it with the default event bus. You can create a rule on a custom event bus that looks for events from AWS services, but this rule only engages when you receive such an event from another account through cross-account event delivery. For more information, see [Sending and receiving Amazon EventBridge events between AWS accounts](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/userguide/eb-cross-account.html) in the *Amazon EventBridge User Guide*.

**To configure EventBridge for Systems Manager events**

1. Open the Amazon EventBridge console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/events/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/events/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Rules**.

1. Choose **Create rule**.

1. Enter a name and description for the rule.

   A rule can't have the same name as another rule in the same AWS Region and on the same event bus.

1. For **Event bus**, choose the event bus that you want to associate with this rule. If you want this rule to respond to matching events that come from your own AWS account, select **default**. When an AWS service in your account emits an event, it always goes to your account’s default event bus.

1. For **Rule type**, choose **Rule with an event pattern**.

1. Choose **Next**.

1. For **Event source**, choose **AWS events or EventBridge partner events**.

1. In the **Event pattern** section, choose **Event pattern form**.

1. For **Event source**, choose **AWS services**.

1. For **AWS service**, choose **Systems Manager**.

1. For **Event type**, do one of the following: 
   + Choose **All Events**.

     If you choose **All Events**, all events emitted by Systems Manager will match the rule. Be aware that this option can result in many event target actions.
   + Choose the type of Systems Manager event to use for this rule. EventBridge supports events from the following AWS Systems Manager tools: 
     + Automation
     + Change Calendar
     + Compliance
     + Inventory
     + Maintenance Windows
     + Parameter Store
     + Run Command
     + State Manager
**Note**  
For Systems Manager actions that aren't supported by EventBridge, you can choose an AWS API call through CloudTrail to create an event rule that is based on an API call, which are recorded by CloudTrail. For an example, see [Monitoring session activity using Amazon EventBridge (console)](session-manager-auditing.md#session-manager-auditing-eventbridge-events). 

1. (Optional) To make the rule more specific, add filter values. For example, if you chose **State Manager** and want to limit the rule to the state of a single managed instance that is targeted by an Association, for **Specific type(s)**, choose **EC2 State Manager Instance Association State Change**.

   For complete details about supported detail types, see [Reference: Amazon EventBridge event patterns and types for Systems Manager](reference-eventbridge-events.md).

   Some detail types have other supported options such as status. The available options depend on the tool you selected.

1. Choose **Next**.

1. For **Target types**, choose **AWS service**.

1. For **Select a target**, choose a target such as an Amazon SNS topic or AWS Lambda function. The target is triggered when an event is received that matches the event pattern defined in the rule.

1. For many target types, EventBridge needs permissions to send events to the target. In these cases, EventBridge can create the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role needed for your rule to run: 
   + To create an IAM role automatically, choose **Create a new role for this specific resource**.
   + To use an IAM role that you created earlier, choose **Use existing role**.

1. (Optional) Choose **Add another target** to add another target for this rule.

1. Choose **Next**.

1. (Optional) Enter one or more tags for the rule. For more information, see [Amazon EventBridge tags](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/userguide/eb-tagging.html) in the *Amazon EventBridge User Guide*.

1. Choose **Next**.

1. Review the details of the rule and choose **Create rule**.

**More info**  
+ [Creating an EventBridge event that uses a runbook (console)](running-automations-event-bridge.md#automation-cwe-target-console)
+ [Passing data to Automation using input transformers](automation-tutorial-eventbridge-input-transformers.md)
+ [Remediating compliance issues using EventBridge](compliance-fixing.md)
+ [Viewing inventory delete actions in EventBridge](inventory-custom.md#delete-custom-inventory-cwe)
+ [Configure EventBridge rules to create OpsItems](OpsCenter-automatically-create-OpsItems-2.md)
+ [Configuring EventBridge rules for parameters and parameter policies](sysman-paramstore-cwe.md#cwe-parameter-changes)