name : start-canary.rst **To run a canary** The following ``start-canary`` example runs a canary named ``demo_canary``. :: aws synthetics start-canary \ --name demo_canary This command produces no output. For more information, see `Synthetic monitoring (canaries) <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries.html>`__ in the *Amazon CloudWatch User Guide*.