This is the new *CloudFormation Template Reference Guide*. Please update your bookmarks and links. For help getting started with CloudFormation, see the [AWS CloudFormation User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html). # AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate Monitoring Specifies whether detailed monitoring is enabled for an instance. For more information about detailed monitoring, see [Enable or turn off detailed monitoring for your instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-cloudwatch-new.html) in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*. `Monitoring` is a property of [AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate LaunchTemplateData](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-ec2-launchtemplate-launchtemplatedata.html). ## Syntax To declare this entity in your CloudFormation template, use the following syntax: ### JSON ``` { "[Enabled](#cfn-ec2-launchtemplate-monitoring-enabled)" : {{Boolean}} } ``` ### YAML ``` [Enabled](#cfn-ec2-launchtemplate-monitoring-enabled): {{Boolean}} ``` ## Properties `Enabled` Specify `true` to enable detailed monitoring. Otherwise, basic monitoring is enabled. *Required*: No *Type*: Boolean *Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt) ## See also + [ LaunchTemplatesMonitoringRequest](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_LaunchTemplatesMonitoringRequest.html) in the *Amazon EC2 API Reference* + [ Create a launch template using advanced settings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/advanced-settings-for-your-launch-template.html) in the *Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide*