name : create-monitor.rst **To create a monitor** The following ``create-monitor`` example creates a monitor named ``demo`` in the specified account. :: aws networkflowmonitor create-monitor \ --monitor-name demo \ --local-resources type="AWS::EC2::VPC",identifier="arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1:123456789012:vpc/vpc-03ea55eeda25adbb0" \ --scope-arn arn:aws:networkflowmonitor:us-east-1:123456789012:scope/e21cda79-30a0-4c12-9299-d8629d76d8cf Output:: { "monitorArn": "arn:aws:networkflowmonitor:us-east-1:123456789012:monitor/demo", "monitorName": "demo", "monitorStatus": "ACTIVE", "tags": {} } For more information, see `Create a monitor in Network Flow Monitor <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-configure-monitors-create.html>`__ in the *Amazon CloudWatch User Guide*.