AWS Command line metrics EC2 and Loadbalancer

Some notes on getting AWS Command line working
# aws needs the instance date/time to be accurate before communication begins. Further you need to configure the AWS Command line client before you proceed to ensure it has the relevant
ntpdate uk.pool.ntp.org

STRT=$(date +%Y-%m-%dT%H:00:00 -d '1 hour ago')
END=$(date +%Y-%m-%dT%H:00:00)


#take note of Name Spaces when attempting to access Dimensions.

APACHECPU
aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics --metric-name CPUUtilization --start-time=${STRT}  --end-time=${END} --period 3600 --statistics Average   --namespace AWS/EC2 --dimensions Name=InstanceId,Value=i-nstanceid

APACHEIN
aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics --metric-name NetworkIn --start-time=${STRT}  --end-time=${END} --period 3600 --statistics Sum   --namespace AWS/EC2 --dimensions Name=InstanceId,Value=i-nstanceid


LBREQUESTS
aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics --metric-name RequestCount --start-time=${STRT}  --end-time=${END} --period 3600 --statistics Sum --namespace AWS/ELB --dimensions Name=LoadBalancerName,Value=lbname

LB2XX
aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics --metric-name HTTPCode_Backend_2XX  --start-time=${STRT}  --end-time=${END} --period 3600 --statistics Sum --namespace AWS/ELB --dimensions Name=LoadBalancerName,Value=lbname

LB4XX
aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics --metric-name HTTPCode_Backend_4XX --start-time=${STRT}  --end-time=${END} --period 3600 --statistics Sum --namespace AWS/ELB --dimensions Name=LoadBalancerName,Value=lbname

LB5XX
aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics --metric-name HTTPCode_Backend_5XX --start-time=${STRT}  --end-time=${END} --period 3600 --statistics Sum --namespace AWS/ELB --dimensions Name=LoadBalancerName,Value=lbname