Associating a Custom Metric Template with a Resource Group

Prerequisites

• You have created a resource group by referring to Creating a Resource Group.
• You have created a custom metric template by referring to Creating a Custom Alarm or Event Template.

Associating a Custom Metric Template with a Resource Group

1. Log in to the Cloud Eye console.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Alarm Management > Alarm Templates.
3. Click the Custom MetricTemplates tab.
4. Locate the target template and click Associate with Resource Group in the Operation column.
5. On the Associate with Resource Group page, select the resource group to be associated.
6. Configure alarm notifications.

   Table 1 Configuring alarm notifications

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Alarm Notification	Whether to send alarm notifications by SMS, email or HTTP or HTTPS. This parameter is enabled by default.	Enabled
   Recipient	Target recipient of alarm notifications. You can select the account contact or a topic name. This parameter is available only if Notified By is set to Topic subscriptions. Account contact: Enter the phone number and email address of the registered account. A topic is used to publish messages and subscribe to notifications. If the required topic is unavailable, create one first and add subscriptions to it. For details, see Creating a Topic and Adding Subscriptions.	Account contact
   Notification Window	This parameter is only available if you set Notified By to Notification groups or Topic subscriptions. Time window during which Cloud Eye sends notifications. If Notification Window is set to 08:00-20:00, Cloud Eye sends notifications only from 08:00 to 20:00.	08:00-20:00
   Time Zone	Time zone for the alarm notification window. By default, it matches the time zone of the client server, but can be manually configured.	(GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Perth, Taipei, Irkutsk, Ulaanbaatar
   Trigger Condition	This parameter is only available if you set Notified By to Notification groups or Topic subscriptions. Condition that will trigger an alarm notification. You can select Generated alarm (when an alarm is generated), Cleared alarm (when an alarm is cleared), or both.	Generated alarm

7. Select an enterprise project.
   Figure 1 Advanced settings
   

   Table 2 Parameter of Advanced Settings

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Enterprise Project	Enterprise project that the alarm template belongs to. Only users who have all permissions for the enterprise project can manage the alarm template.	default

8. Click OK.
   

   This operation requires asynchronous creation, modification, and deletion of alarm rules, which takes 5 to 10 minutes. If there are multiple association tasks, this process takes a longer time.