Updated on 2024-08-01 GMT+08:00

Creating an Alarm Action Rule

Prerequisites

  • A topic has been created according to Creating a Topic.
  • A topic policy has been set according to Configuring Topic Policies.
  • APM has been selected for Services that can publish messages to this topic. If APM is not selected, notifications cannot be sent.
  • A subscriber, that is, an email or SMS message recipient has been added to the topic according to Adding a Subscription to a Topic.

Precaution

You can create a maximum of 1000 alarm action rules. If this number has been reached, delete unnecessary rules.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the AOM console. In the navigation pane, choose Alarm Center > Alarm Action Rules. On the displayed page, click Create in the upper left corner.
  2. Set parameters such as Rule Name and Action Type.

    Figure 1 Creating an alarm action rule

    Table 1 Parameters for configuring an alarm action rule

    Parameter

    Description

    Rule Name

    Name of an action rule. Enter 1 to 100 characters, and do not start or end with an underscore (_) or hyphen (-). Only digits, letters, hyphens, and underscores are allowed.

    Description

    Description of the action rule.

    Action Type

    Type of action that is associated with the SMN topic and message template. Select your desired action from the drop-down list. Currently, only Notification is supported.

    Topic

    SMN topic. Select your desired topic from the drop-down list.

    If there is no topic you want to select, create one on the SMN console.

    Message Template

    Notification message template. Select your desired template from the drop-down list.

    If there is no message template you want to select, create one by referring to Creating a Message Template.

  1. Click OK.

More Operations

After an alarm action rule is created, you can perform operations described in Table 2.

Table 2 Related operations

Operation

Description

Modifying an alarm action rule

Click Edit in the Operation column.

Deleting an alarm action rule

  • To delete a single rule, click Delete in the Operation column in the row that contains the rule, and then click Yes on the displayed page.
  • To delete one or more rules, select them, click Delete above the rule list, and then click Yes on the displayed page.
    NOTE:

    Before deleting an alarm action rule, you need to delete the alarm rule bound to the action rule.

Searching for an alarm action rule

Enter a rule name in the search box in the upper right corner and click .