Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Choose Service List > Management & Deployment > Cloud Eye.
3. In the left navigation pane, choose Alarm Management > Alarm Rules.
4. On the displayed Alarm Rules page, click Create Alarm Rule.
5. In the displayed Create Alarm Rule dialog box, set parameters as prompted.

   You can create an alarm rule for a specific metric or use the alarm template to create alarm rules in batches for multiple cloud service instances. In this example, assume that you use the alarm template to create the alarm rule for the CSS cluster.

   1. Configure the name and description of an alarm rule.
      Figure 1 Configuring the alarm rule name and description
      

      Table 1 Parameter description

      Parameter	Description	Example Value
      Name	Name of the alarm rule. The system generates a name randomly but you can change it.	alarm-p8v9
      Description	Alarm rule description. This parameter is optional.	-

   2. Select a monitored object and set alarm content parameters.
      Figure 2 Configuring alarm content
      

      Table 2 Parameters for configuring the alarm content

      Parameter	Description	Example Value
      Resource Type	Name of the service for which the alarm rule is configured	Cloud Search Service
      Dimension	Metric dimension of the alarm rule	CSS Clusters
      Monitoring Scope	Name of the cluster to be monitored. Select one or more monitored objects and click to synchronize the monitored objects to the dialog box on the right.	Es-ziliao

   3. Specify Method, Template, and Alarm Notification.

      Table 3 Parameter description

      Parameter	Description	Example Value
      Method	Select Use template or Create manually as required. If you set Monitoring Scope to Specific resources, you can set Method to Use template. For details about manually creating the monitoring scope, see Creating an Alarm Rule.	Create manually
      Template	Select the template to be imported.	-
      Alarm Notification	If this function is enabled, specify Validity Period, Notification Object, and Trigger Condition.	-

   4. Click Create.

      After an alarm rule is successfully created, it will be displayed in the alarm rule list