# RunInstancesMonitoringEnabled
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Describes the monitoring of an instance.

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 ** Enabled ** (request), ** enabled ** (response)  
Indicates whether detailed monitoring is enabled. Otherwise, basic monitoring is enabled.  
Type: Boolean  
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/ec2-2016-11-15/RunInstancesMonitoringEnabled) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/RunInstancesMonitoringEnabled) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/RunInstancesMonitoringEnabled)