Can AWS CloudWatch alarms be paused/disabled during specific hours?

Question

I want to automatically toggle alarms on/off during specific periods of time so that they do not fire during maintenance windows. I\'m doubting that an easy or direct method

Answer 1

It's not automatic but it can be done:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_EnableAlarmActions.html

What you want to do is: right before the maintenance window starts you Disable the alarm actions. As the windows ends you Enable the alarm actions.