Creating an Alarm Rule to Monitor an Event

Scenarios

This topic describes how to create an alarm rule to monitor an event.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click Service List in the upper left corner and select Cloud Eye.
3. In the navigation pane, choose Event Monitoring.
4. On the event list page, click Create Alarm Rule in the upper right corner.
5. On the Create Alarm Rule page, configure the parameters.
   1. Configure the alarm rule name and description.

      Table 1 Parameter description

      Parameter	Description
      Name	Specifies the alarm rule name. The system generates a random name, which you can modify.
      Description	(Optional) Provides supplementary information about the alarm rule.

   2. Select a monitored object and configure alarm content parameters.
      Figure 1 Configuring parameters
      

      Table 2 Parameter description

      Parameter	Description
      Alarm Type	Specifies the alarm type to which the alarm rule applies. The value can be Metric or Event.
      Event Type	Specifies the event type, which can be System event or Custom event.
      Event Source	Specifies the service the event is generated for. Example value: Elastic Cloud Server For a custom event, set Event Source to the value of event_source.
      Monitoring Scope	Specifies the monitoring scope for event monitoring. Example value: All resources
      Method	Specifies the means you use to create the alarm rule.
      Event Name	Specifies the instantaneous operations users performed on resources, such as login and logout. For events supported by event monitoring, see Events Supported by Event Monitoring. Example value: Delete ECS
      Trigger Mode	You can select immediate trigger or accumulative trigger based on the operation severity. Example value: Immediate trigger
      Alarm Policy	Specifies the policy for triggering an alarm. For example, an alarm is triggered if the event occurred for three consecutive periods of 5 minutes. NOTE: This parameter is mandatory when Triggering Mode is set to Accumulative Trigger.
      Alarm Severity	Specifies the alarm severity, which can be Critical, Major, Minor, or Informational. Example value: Major

   3. Configure the alarm notification.
      Figure 2 Alarm notification
      

      Table 3 Parameter description

      Parameter	Description
      Alarm Notification	Specifies whether to notify users when alarms are triggered. Notifications can be sent by email, SMS message, or HTTP/HTTPS message.
      Notification Object	Specifies the object to which alarm notifications will be sent. You can select the account contact or a topic. Account contact is the phone number and email address of the registered account. Topic: 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.
      Validity Period	Cloud Eye sends notifications only within the validity period specified in the alarm rule. If Validity Period is set to 08:00-20:00, Cloud Eye sends notifications only within 08:00–20:00.
      Trigger Condition	Specifies the trigger of alarm notifications.

   4. Configure the Enterprise Project and Tag.
      Figure 3 Advanced Settings
      

      Table 4 Name and Description

      Parameter	Description
      Enterprise Project	Specifies the enterprise project that the alarm rule belongs to. Only users who have all permissions for the enterprise project can view and manage the alarm rule. For details about how to create an enterprise project, see Creating an Enterprise Project.
      Tag	A tag consists of a key-value pair. Tags can be used to categorize and search for your resources. You can create tags using TMS. For details, see Creating Predefined Tags. If your organization has configured tag policies for Cloud Eye, follow the policies when configure Tag for an alarm rule. If the tag configured does not comply with the tag policies, alarm rules may fail to be created. In this case, contact your administrator to learn more about the tag policies. A key can contain up to 128 characters, and a value can contain up to 225 characters. You can create up to 20 tags.

   5. Click Create.