# MonitorLocalResource
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A local resource is the host where the agent is installed. Local resources can be a a subnet, a VPC, an Availability Zone, an EKS cluster or an AWS Region.

## Contents
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 ** identifier **   <a name="networkflowmonitor-Type-MonitorLocalResource-identifier"></a>
The identifier of the local resource. The values you can specify are the following:  
+ For a VPC, subnet or EKS cluster, this identifier is the VPC Amazon Resource Name (ARN), subnet ARN or cluster ARN.
+ For an Availability Zone, this identifier is the AZ name, for example, us-west-2b.
+ For a Region, this identifier is the Region name, for example, us-west-2.
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** type **   <a name="networkflowmonitor-Type-MonitorLocalResource-type"></a>
The type of the local resource. Valid values are `AWS::EC2::VPC` `AWS::AvailabilityZone`, `AWS::EC2::Subnet`, `AWS::EKS::Cluster`, or `AWS::Region`.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `AWS::EC2::VPC | AWS::AvailabilityZone | AWS::EC2::Subnet | AWS::Region`   
Required: Yes

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/networkflowmonitor-2023-04-19/MonitorLocalResource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/networkflowmonitor-2023-04-19/MonitorLocalResource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/networkflowmonitor-2023-04-19/MonitorLocalResource)