Modifying an Alarm Rule¶
Procedure¶
Log in to the management console.
In the upper left corner, select a region and project.
Click Service List in the upper left corner and select Cloud Eye.
Choose Alarm Management > Alarm Rules.
On the displayed Alarm Rules page, use either of the following two methods to modify an alarm rule:
Locate the row containing the alarm rule you want to modify, click Modify in the Operation column.
Click the name of the alarm rule you want to modify. On the page displayed, click Modify in the upper right corner.
On the Modify Alarm Rule page, modify alarm rule parameters as needed.
Table 1 Configuring metric alarm parameters¶ Parameter
Description
Example Value
Name
Specifies the alarm rule name.
alarm-b6al
Description
(Optional) Provides supplementary information about the alarm rule.
N/A
Alarm Type
Specifies the alarm type to which the alarm rule applies.
Metric
Resource Type
Specifies the type of the resource the alarm rule is created for.
Elastic Cloud Server
Dimension
Specifies the metric dimension of the selected resource type.
ECSs
Monitoring Scope
Specifies the monitoring scope the alarm rule applies to.
Resource Groups
Group
This parameter is only available if Monitoring Scope is set to Resource groups.
N/A
Method
The only option is Configure manually.
Configure manually
Metric
For example:
CPU Usage
Indicates the CPU usage of the monitored object in percent.
Memory Usage
Indicates the memory usage of the monitored object in percent.
CPU Usage
Alarm Policy
Specifies the policy for triggering an alarm.
For example, an alarm is triggered if the average value of the monitored metric is 80% or more for three consecutive 5-minute periods.
N/A
Alarm Severity
Specifies the alarm severity, which can be Critical, Major, Minor, or Informational.
Major
Mount Point or Disk
This parameter is displayed on the console and can be configured only when the following conditions are met:
Monitoring Scope: Specific resources
Resource Type: ECSs or BMSs
Method: Configure manually.
Metric Name in an alarm policy: disk metric whose name is prefixed with Agent
For the Windows OS, enter a drive letter, such as C, D, or E. For the Linux OS, enter a mount point, such as /dev or /opt.
/dev
Alarm Notification
Specifies whether to notify users by sending emails or SMS messages, or by sending HTTP/HTTPS messages to servers.
N/A
Notification Object
Specifies the object to which alarm notifications will be sent. You can select the account contact or a topic.
The account contact is the tenant owner. If a user registers both a mobile number and an email address, they will receive alarm information through both channels. However, if only one of these contact methods is registered, the alarm information will be sent exclusively to that registered one.
A topic is a specific event type for publishing messages or subscribing to notifications. If the required topic is not available, create one first and add subscriptions to it. For details, Creating a Topic and Adding Subscriptions.
Validity Period
Cloud Eye sends notifications only within the validity period specified in the alarm rule.
If Validity Period is set to 00:00-08:00, Cloud Eye sends notifications only from 00:00 to 08:00.
N/A
Trigger Condition
Specifies the condition for triggering an alarm notification. You can select Generated alarm (when an alarm is generated), Cleared alarm (when an alarm is cleared), or both.
If you set Alarm Type to Event, Trigger Condition can only be Generated alarm.
N/A
(Optional) Enterprise Project
Specifies the enterprise project that the alarm rule belongs to. Only users with the enterprise project permissions can view and manage the alarm rule.
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Table 2 Configuring event alarm parameters¶ Parameter
Description
Example Value
Name
Specifies the alarm rule name.
alarm-b6al
Description
(Optional) Provides supplementary information about the alarm rule.
N/A
Alarm Type
Specifies the alarm type to which the alarm rule applies.
Event
Event Type
Specifies the event type, which can be System event or Custom event.
Custom event
Event Source
Specifies the service the event is generated for.
Elastic Cloud Server
Monitoring Scope
Specifies the monitoring scope the alarm rule applies to.
All resources
Alarm Policy
Specifies the policy for triggering an alarm.
If Alarm Type is set to Event and a specific event occurs, Cloud Eye triggers an alarm. For example, if the event Reboot ECS occurs, an alarm will be triggered.
Note
A maximum of 50 alarm policies can be added to an alarm rule. If any one of these alarm policies is met, an alarm will be triggered.
N/A
Event Name
Specifies the event name.
For events supported by event monitoring, see Events Supported by Event Monitoring.
ECS deleted
Trigger Mode
You can select Immediate trigger or Accumulative trigger based on the operation severity.
Immediate trigger: An alarm is triggered once an event occurs.
Accumulative trigger: An alarm is only triggered when the number of times an event occurs meets the preset value.
Immediate trigger
Alarm Policy
Specifies the policy for triggering an alarm.
Note
This parameter is mandatory when Trigger Mode is set to Accumulative trigger.
An alarm is triggered if the event occurred for three consecutive periods of 5 minutes.
Alarm Severity
Specifies the alarm severity, which can be Critical, Major, Minor, or Informational.
Major
Operation
You can click Delete to delete an alarm policy.
Delete
Alarm Notification
Specifies whether to notify users when alarms are triggered. Notifications can be sent by email, SMS message, or HTTP/HTTPS message.
N/A
Notification Object
Specifies the object to which alarm notifications will be sent. You can select the account contact or a topic.
The account contact is the tenant owner. If a user registers both a mobile number and an email address, they will receive alarm information through both channels. However, if only one of these contact methods is registered, the alarm information will be sent exclusively to that registered one.
A topic is a specific event type for publishing messages or subscribing to notifications. If the required topic is not available, create one first and add subscriptions to it. For details, Creating a Topic and Adding Subscriptions.
Validity Period
Cloud Eye sends notifications only within the validity period specified in the alarm rule.
If Validity Period is set to 00:00-08:00, Cloud Eye sends notifications only from 00:00 to 08:00.
N/A
Trigger Condition
Specifies the condition for triggering an alarm notification. You can select Generated alarm (when an alarm is generated), Cleared alarm (when an alarm is cleared), or both.
If you set Alarm Type to Event, Trigger Condition can only be Generated alarm.
N/A
(Optional) Enterprise Project
Specifies the enterprise project that the alarm rule belongs to. Only users with the enterprise project permissions can view and manage the alarm rule.
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Click Modify.