CloudFront YAML configuration for CloudWatch alarms on Kinesis streams

kinesis-alarms.yaml

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Alarms for Kinesis streams
Parameters:
    KinesisStreamName:
        Description: name of stream to monitor
        Type: String
Resources:
    IteratorAgeMilliseconds:
        Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
        Properties:
            AlarmName: !Sub "${KinesisStreamName} iterator age"
            AlarmDescription: Kinesis consumer is too far behind
            MetricName: GetRecords.IteratorAgeMilliseconds
            Dimensions:
                - Name: StreamName
                  Value: !Ref KinesisStreamName
            Namespace: AWS/Kinesis
            Statistic: Maximum
            Period: 60
            EvaluationPeriods: 1
            ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
            Threshold: 1000
            TreatMissingData: breaching
            OKActions:
                - !Ref "Topic"
            AlarmActions:
                - !Ref "Topic"
            InsufficientDataActions:
                - !Ref "Topic"
            ActionsEnabled: true
    ReadProvisionedThroughputExceeded:
        Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
        Properties:
            AlarmName: !Sub "${KinesisStreamName} provisioned read throughput exceeded"
            AlarmDescription: Kinesis stream is being read too much
            MetricName: ReadProvisionedThroughputExceeded
            Dimensions:
                - Name: StreamName
                  Value: !Ref KinesisStreamName
            Namespace: AWS/Kinesis
            Statistic: Maximum
            Period: 60
            EvaluationPeriods: 1
            ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
            Threshold: 0
            TreatMissingData: notBreaching
            OKActions:
                - !Ref "Topic"
            AlarmActions:
                - !Ref "Topic"
            InsufficientDataActions:
                - !Ref "Topic"
            ActionsEnabled: true
    WriteProvisionedThroughputExceeded:
        Type: AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm
        Properties:
            AlarmName: !Sub "${KinesisStreamName} provisioned write throughput exceeded"
            AlarmDescription: Kinesis stream is being written too much
            MetricName: WriteProvisionedThroughputExceeded
            Dimensions:
                - Name: StreamName
                  Value: !Ref KinesisStreamName
            Namespace: AWS/Kinesis
            Statistic: Maximum
            Period: 60
            EvaluationPeriods: 1
            ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
            Threshold: 0
            TreatMissingData: notBreaching
            OKActions:
                - !Ref "Topic"
            AlarmActions:
                - !Ref "Topic"
            InsufficientDataActions:
                - !Ref "Topic"
            ActionsEnabled: true
    Topic:
        Type: "AWS::SNS::Topic"
        Properties:
            DisplayName: !Sub "${KinesisStreamName} stream alerts"
            Subscription:
                - Endpoint: "person@example.com"
                  Protocol: "email"