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AWS medialive documentation change

Service: medialive · 2026-06-04 · Documentation low

File: medialive/latest/ug/option-1.md

Summary

Updated documentation to replace Amazon CloudWatch with Amazon EventBridge for event routing and notification setup. Modified console instructions, steps, and navigation to reflect EventBridge interface changes.

Security assessment

This change updates procedural steps for using EventBridge instead of CloudWatch but contains no security fixes, vulnerability patches, or security feature enhancements. It's a standard service update without security implications.

Diff

diff --git a/medialive/latest/ug/option-1.md b/medialive/latest/ug/option-1.md
index 9db64bbed..dc75348f0 100644
--- a//medialive/latest/ug/option-1.md
+++ b//medialive/latest/ug/option-1.md
@@ -58 +58 @@ Amazon SNS sends a confirmation email to the address that you specified.
-You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives any event from `aws.medialive`, invoke the specified SNS topic." In other words, you create a rule that sends an email to the subscribed email address.
+You now create a rule in Amazon EventBridge that says, "When EventBridge receives any event from `aws.medialive`, invoke the specified SNS topic." In other words, you create a rule that sends an email to the subscribed email address.
@@ -60 +60 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-###### To create a rule (Amazon CloudWatch console)
+###### To create a rule (EventBridge console)
@@ -62 +62 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the CloudWatch console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/).
+  1. Open the EventBridge console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/events/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/events/).
@@ -64 +64 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-  2. In the navigation pane, choose **Events**.
+  2. In the navigation pane, choose **Rules** , and then choose **Create rule**.
@@ -66 +66 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-  3. On the **Welcome to CloudWatch Events** page, choose **Create rule**.
+  3. Enter a **Name** and optional description for the rule.
@@ -68 +68 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-  4. On the **Step 1** page, in **Event Source** , choose **Event Pattern**.
+  4. For **Event bus** , keep the default event bus selected.
@@ -70 +70 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-  5. Change **Build event pattern to match** to **Custom event pattern**.
+  5. For **Rule type** , choose **Rule with an event pattern** , and then choose **Next**.
@@ -72 +72,3 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-  6. In the box, type the following:
+  6. For **Creation method** , choose **Custom pattern (JSON editor)**.
+
+  7. In the **Event pattern** box, enter the following:
@@ -80 +82 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-  7. On the pane on the right, choose **Add target**.
+  8. Choose **Next**.
@@ -82 +84 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-  8. Choose **SNS topic**.
+  9. For **Target type** , choose **AWS service**.
@@ -84 +86 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-  9. For **Topic** , choose the topic that you created, for example, `MediaLive_alert`.
+  10. For **Select a target** , choose **SNS topic**.
@@ -86 +88 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-  10. In **Configure input** , choose **Matched event**.
+  11. For **Topic** , choose the topic that you created, for example, `MediaLive_alert`.
@@ -88 +90 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-  11. Choose **Configure details**.
+  12. Choose **Next** , configure optional tags, and then choose **Next** again.
@@ -90 +92 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-  12. Type a name and optional description, and then choose **Create rule**. 
+  13. Review the rule details and choose **Create rule**.
@@ -95 +97 @@ You now create a rule in Amazon CloudWatch that says, "When CloudWatch receives
-Now, whenever an alert occurs in MediaLive, an event will be sent to Amazon CloudWatch. This event will trigger the rule that instructs CloudWatch to send an email to the email address that you specified in the SNS subscription.
+Now, whenever an alert occurs in MediaLive, an event will be sent to EventBridge. This event will trigger the rule that sends an email to the email address that you specified in the SNS subscription.