Alarm Notification

Prerequisites

The SMN service has been enabled.

Attack Alarms

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
3. In the navigation pane, click and choose Security & Compliance > Cloud Firewall. The Dashboard page will be displayed, as shown in Figure 1.
   Figure 1 CFW Dashboard
   

4. (Optional) If the current account has only one firewall instance, the firewall details page is displayed. If there are multiple firewall instances, click View in the Operation column to go to the details page.
5. In the navigation pane, choose System Management > Notifications.
   Figure 2 Alarm notifications
   

6. In the Operation column of Attack alarm, click Edit, and configure notification item parameters. For details, see Table 1.
   Figure 3 Notification item settings - attack alarm
   

   Table 1 Attack alarm parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Description	IPS attack alarm
   Level	Select the risk levels that trigger notifications. The options are Serious, High, Medium, and Low. Multiple options can be selected. For example, if you select High and Medium, the firewall will notify you by SMS message or email when detecting an intrusion with a high- or medium-level risk.
   Notification Time	Select a time range for sending notifications.
   Trigger Condition	Configure the trigger condition. NOTE: Alarm notifications are sent if the number of attacks is at least equal to the threshold configured for a certain period.
   Recipient Group	Select a topic from the drop-down list to configure the endpoints for receiving alarm notifications.

7. Click OK.
8. In the Status column of Attack alarm, click to enable it.

High Traffic Warning

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
3. In the navigation pane, click and choose Security & Compliance > Cloud Firewall. The Dashboard page will be displayed, as shown in Figure 4.
   Figure 4 CFW Dashboard
   

4. (Optional) If the current account has only one firewall instance, the firewall details page is displayed. If there are multiple firewall instances, click View in the Operation column to go to the details page.
5. In the navigation pane, choose System Management > Notifications.
   Figure 5 Alarm notifications
   

6. In the Operation column of High Traffic Warning, click Edit, and configure notification item parameters. For details, see Table 2.
   Figure 6 Notification item settings - high traffic warning
   

   Table 2 High traffic warning parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Description	An alarm is generated if the traffic reaches the specified percentage of the traffic processing capability you purchased.
   Level	Select a percentage. When the maximum peak inbound or outbound traffic reaches the percentage of the traffic processing capability you purchased, an alarm notification is triggered. For example, you can select 70%, 80%, or 90%. If this parameter is set to 80%, an alarm notification is sent when the used traffic reaches 80% of the purchased traffic.
   Notification Time	Select a time range for sending notifications.
   Trigger Condition	Once a day
   Recipient Group	Select a topic from the drop-down list to configure the endpoints for receiving alarm notifications.

7. Click OK.
8. In the Status column of High Traffic Warning, click to enable it.

EIP Not Protected

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
3. In the navigation pane, click and choose Security & Compliance > Cloud Firewall. The Dashboard page will be displayed, as shown in Figure 7.
   Figure 7 CFW Dashboard
   

4. (Optional) If the current account has only one firewall instance, the firewall details page is displayed. If there are multiple firewall instances, click View in the Operation column to go to the details page.
5. In the navigation pane, choose System Management > Notifications.
   Figure 8 Alarm notifications
   

6. In the Operation column of the EIP Not Protected alarm, click Edit, and configure notification item parameters. For details, see Table 3.
   Figure 9 Notification settings - EIP Not Protected
   

   Table 3 Parameters of the alarm EIP Not Protected

   Parameter	Description
   Description	This alarm indicates there are unprotected EIPs.
   Level	The default value is 100%.
   Notification Time	Select a time range for sending notifications.
   Trigger Condition	Once a day
   Recipient Group	Select a topic from the drop-down list to configure the endpoints for receiving alarm notifications.

7. Click OK.
8. In the Status column of EIP Not Protected, click to enable it.

Related Operations

To add assets to the EIP Not Protected alarm whitelist, click Add to Alarm Whitelist in the Operation column of the alarm. Select EIPs, add them to the whitelist on the right, and click OK. The whitelisted EIPs will no longer trigger this alarm.

Figure 10 Add to Alarm Whitelist