# Create an Amazon CloudWatch event destination in AWS End User Messaging SMS
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After you create the IAM role and the CloudWatch group, you can create the event destination.

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#### [ Create event destination (Console) ]

To create an event destination using the AWS End User Messaging SMS console, follow these steps:

1. Open the AWS End User Messaging SMS console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/sms-voice/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/sms-voice/).

1. In the navigation pane, under **Configurations**, choose **Configuration sets**.

1. On the **Configuration sets** page ,choose the configuration set to add an event destination to. 

1. On the **Configuration set details** page, choose **Add destination event**.

1. Under the **Event details** section, enter a friendly name for **Event destination name**.

1. From the **Destination type** dropdown choose Amazon CloudWatch.

1. For **IAM role arn** enter the ARN of the IAM role. For more information on the IAM role arn, see [IAM policy for Amazon CloudWatch](configuration-sets-cloud-watch-creating-role.md).

1. For **Log group arn** enter the ARN of the Amazon CloudWatch log group to deliver the events to. 

1. Turn on **Event publishing**.

1. Under **Event types**, choose:
   + **All SMS events (Recommended)** – Choose this option to send all SMS events listed in [Event types](configuration-sets-event-types.md) to Amazon CloudWatch.
   + **Custom SMS events** – Choose specific SMS events to send to CloudWatch. To edit the list of events choose **Edit SMS event selection**. On **Edit SMS event selection** check only the events you want to send to Amazon CloudWatch. Choose **Save selection**.
   + **All voice events (Recommended)** – Choose this option to send all voice events listed in [Event types](configuration-sets-event-types.md) to Amazon CloudWatch.
   + **Custom voice events** – Choose specific voice events to send to CloudWatch. To edit the list of events choose **Edit voice event selection**. On **Edit voice event selection** check only the events you want to send to Amazon CloudWatch. Choose **Save selection**.
   + **All MMS events (Recommended)** – Choose this option to send all MMS events listed in [Event types](configuration-sets-event-types.md) to Amazon CloudWatch.
   + **Custom MMS events** – Choose specific MMS events to send to CloudWatch. To edit the list of events choose **Edit MMS event selection**. On **Edit MMS event selection** check only the events you want to send to Amazon CloudWatch. Choose **Save selection**.

1. Choose **Create event**.

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#### [ Create event destination (AWS CLI) ]

You can use the [create-event-destination](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/pinpoint-sms-voice-v2/create-event-destination.html) command to create an event destination.

At the command line, run the following command:

```
$ aws pinpoint-sms-voice-v2 create-event-destination \
> --event-destination-name {{eventDestinationName}} \
> --configuration-set-name {{configurationSet}} \
> --matching-event-types {{eventTypes}} \
> --cloud-watch-logs-destination IamRoleArn=arn:aws:iam::{{111122223333}}:role/{{CWLSMSRole}},LogGroupArn=arn:aws:logs:{{us-east-1}}:{{111122223333}}:log-group:{{MyCWLLogGroup}}
```

In the preceding command, make the following changes:
+ Replace {{eventDestinationName}} with a name that describes the event destination.
+ Replace {{configurationSet}} with the name of the configuration set that you want to associate the event destination with.
+ Replace {{eventTypes}} with one or more of the event types listed in [Event types for SMS, MMS, and voice](configuration-sets-event-types.md). 
+ Replace the value of `IamRoleArn` with the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an IAM role that has the policies described in [IAM policy for Amazon CloudWatch](configuration-sets-cloud-watch-creating-role.md).
+ Replace the value of `LogGroupArn` with the ARN of the CloudWatch group that you want to send events to. 

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