Help Center/ Database Security Service/ User Guide/ Notification Settings Management/ Configuring Alarm Notifications
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Configuring Alarm Notifications

After configuring alarm notifications, you can receive DBSS alarms on database risks. If this function is not enabled, you have to log in to the management console to view alarms.
  • Alarm notifications may be mistakenly blocked. If you have enabled notifications but not received any, check whether they have been blocked as spam.
  • The system collects alarm statistics every 5 minutes and sends alarm notifications (if any).
  • Database audit alarm notifications are sent by SMN and will incur fees. See SMN Pricing Details.

Prerequisites

The database audit instance is in the Running state.

Procedure

  1. Select a region, click , and choose Security & Compliance > Database Security Service. The Dashboard page is displayed.
  2. In the navigation tree on the left, choose Settings.
  3. In the Instance drop-down list, select an instance to configure alarm notifications.
  4. Click the Alarm Notifications tab.
  5. Set alarm notifications. For details about related parameters, see Table 1.

    Figure 1 Configuring alarm notifications
    Table 1 Alarm notification parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Example Value

    Message Notifications

    Enables or disables notifications. Database audit alarm notifications are sent by SMN and will probably incur a small fee. See SMN Pricing Details.

    • : disabled
    • : enabled

    SMN Topic
    • Select an existing topic from the drop-down list or click View to create a topic. For details, see Creating a Topic.
    • You can add multiple subscriptions to a topic and select multiple subscription endpoints (such as SMS messages and emails). For details, see Adding a Subscription.
    NOTE:

    Before selecting a topic, ensure that the subscription status of the topic is Confirmed. Otherwise, alarm notifications may not be received.

    For details about topics and subscriptions, see Simple Message Notification User Guide.

    -

    Daily Alarm Notifications

    Total number of alarms allowed to be sent every day

    NOTICE:
    • If the number of alarms exceeds this value on a day, no more notification will be sent on that day.
    • There is no fixed time point for sending alarm notifications. The system collects statistics every 5 minutes and sends alarm notifications (if any).

    30

    Alarm Risk Severity

    Risk severity of the risk log. The options are as follows:

    • High
    • Moderate
    • Low

    High

    CPU Alarm Threshold (%)

    CPU alarm threshold of an audit instance. When the threshold is exceeded, an alarm notification is generated.

    80

    Memory Alarm Threshold (%)

    Memory alarm threshold of an audit instance. When the threshold is exceeded, an alarm notification is generated.

    80

    Disk Alarm Threshold (%)

    Disk alarm threshold of an audit instance. When the threshold is exceeded, an alarm notification is generated.

    80

  6. Click Apply.