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Example: Creating an Alarm Rule to Monitor ECS CPU Usage

This topic describes how to create an alarm rule to monitor ECS CPU usage, in which Threshold is set to > 80%.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Under Management & Deployment, select Cloud Eye.
  3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Server Monitoring.

    The list of ECSs on the public cloud platform is displayed.

  4. Locate the target ECS. In the Operation column, click More, and select Create Alarm Rule.

    The Create Alarm Rule dialog box is displayed.

  5. Configure the following parameters one by one:
    1. Method: Select Create manually.
    2. Metric: Select CPU Usage from the drop-down list.
    3. Alarm Policy: Select CPU Usage, Avg., 5 minutes, 3 consecutive periods, ≥, and 80%.
    4. Alarm Severity: Set it to Major.
    5. Enable Alarm Notification.
    6. Validity Period: Set it to 00:00-23:59.
    7. Topic: Select the topic created in Creating Alarm Notification Topics.
    8. Trigger Condition: Select Generated alarm and Cleared alarm.

    Click Next.

  6. Specify Name and Description of the alarm rule. Click Finish.
Parent topic: Using the Alarm Function