Help Center/ Cloud Eye/ API Reference/ API V2/ Alarm Policies/ Modifying All Fields in an Alarm Policy
Updated on 2025-10-30 GMT+08:00

Modifying All Fields in an Alarm Policy

Function

This API is used to modify all fields in an alarm rule.

Debugging

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in API Explorer or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    ces:alarms:updatePolicies

    Write

    alarm *

    • g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>

    • g:EnterpriseProjectId

    • ces:alarms:put

    -

URI

PUT /v2/{project_id}/alarms/{alarm_id}/policies

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID. It is used to specify the project that an asset belongs to. You can query the assets of a project by project ID. You can obtain the project ID from the API or console. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

1 to 64 characters

Default Value

N/A

alarm_id

Yes

String

Definition

Alarm rule ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value starts with al and is followed by 24 characters of letters, digits, or a combination of both.

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

Content-Type

No

String

Definition

MIME type of the request body.

Constraints:

None

Value range:

The value can contain 1 to 64 characters.

Default value:

The default type is application/json; charset=UTF-8.

X-Auth-Token

No

String

Definition

User token.

Constraints:

None

Value range:

The value can contain 1 to 16,384 characters.

Default value:

None

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

policies

Yes

Array of UpdatePolicyReq objects

Definition

Policy information.

Constraints

A maximum of 50 policies can be configured.

Table 4 UpdatePolicyReq

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

metric_name

Yes

String

Definition

Metric name of a resource. For details about the metrics of each service, see Service Metric Names.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value must start with a letter and can only contain digits, letters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). 1 to 96 characters For example, the ECS metric cpu_util indicates the CPU usage of an ECS. The DDS metric mongo001_command_ps indicates the command execution frequency.

Default Value

N/A

extra_info

No

MetricExtraInfo object

Definition

Additional information about the policy.

Constraints

If the policy does not contain additional information, extra_info does not need to be transferred.

period

Yes

Integer

Definition

Metric period, in seconds. For details about the original metric period for each cloud service, see Supported Services.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can be:

  • 0: The alarm is triggered immediately for event scenarios only.

  • 1: original metric period. For example, if the original period of an RDS metric is 60s, the metric data is collected and calculated every 60s.

  • 300: The metric data is collected and calculated every 5 minutes.

  • 1200: The metric data is collected and calculated every 20 minutes.

  • 3600: The metric data is collected and calculated every hour.

  • 14400: The metric data is collected and calculated every 4 hours.

  • 86400: The metric data is collected and calculated every day.

Default Value

N/A

filter

Yes

String

Definition

Aggregation method.

Constraints

N/A

Range

average, variance, min, max, or sum

Default Value

N/A

comparison_operator

Yes

String

Definition

Threshold symbol.

Constraints

The threshold symbols for metric alarms are >, >=, <, <=, =, !=, cycle_decrease, cycle_increase, and cycle_wave. The threshold symbols for event alarms are >, >=, <, <=, =, and !=.

Range

The value can be >, <, >=, <=, =, !=, cycle_decrease, cycle_increase, or cycle_wave. cycle_decrease indicates the decrease relative to the last period; cycle_increase indicates the increase relative to the last period; cycle_wave indicates the increase or decrease relative to the last period.

Default Value

N/A

value

No

Number

Definition

Alarm threshold. For specific thresholds, see the value range of each metric in the appendix.

Constraints

If there is only one threshold, value and alarm_level are used in pairs. If there are both hierarchical_value and value, hierarchical_value is used.

Range

The value ranges from -1.7976931348623157e+108 to 1.7976931348623157e+108.

Default Value

N/A

hierarchical_value

No

HierarchicalValue object

Definition

Multi-level alarm threshold.

Constraints

If there are both hierarchical_value and value, hierarchical_value is used.

When you create or modify an alarm rule, you can set only one threshold in the following scenarios:

  1. The alarm type is Metric and the alarm policy is Trigger an alarm when all policies are met.

  2. The alarm type is Event.

unit

No

String

Definition

Data unit.

Constraints

N/A

Range

[0,32]

Default Value

N/A

type

No

String

Definition

Alarm policy type. This API has been deprecated.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can only be auto.

Default Value

N/A

count

Yes

Integer

Definition

Number of times that the alarm triggering conditions are met.

Constraints

N/A

Range

For event alarms, the value ranges from 1 to 180. For metric and website alarms, the value can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 90, 120, or 180.

Default Value

N/A

suppress_duration

No

Integer

Definition

Alarm suppression duration, in seconds. This parameter corresponds to the last field in the alarm policy when you create an alarm rule. This field is used to mitigate frequent alarm occurrences.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can be:

  • 0: In the immediate triggering scenario, 0 indicates that the alarm is not suppressed. In the accumulated triggering scenario, 0 indicates that the alarm is generated only once.

  • 300: An alarm is generated every 5 minutes once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 600: An alarm is generated every 10 minutes once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 900: An alarm is generated every 15 minutes once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 1800: An alarm is generated every 30 minutes once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 3600: An alarm is generated every 60 minutes once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 10800: An alarm is generated every 3 hours once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 21600: An alarm is generated every 6 hours after the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 43200: An alarm is generated every 12 hours once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 86000: An alarm is generated once every day once the alarm triggering condition is met.

Default Value

N/A

level

No

Integer

Definition

Alarm severity.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can be: 1 (critical), ** 2** (major), 3 (minor), or 4 (warning)

Default Value

2

namespace

No

String

Definition

For details about the namespace of each service, see Service Namespaces. namespace and dimension_name need to be specified for cloud product-level rules. This is to specify the resources that the policies apply to.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value is in the service.item format. The values of service and item must be a string, starting with a letter and containing only digits (0–9), letters (case-insensitive), and underscores (_). [0,32]

Default Value

N/A

dimension_name

No

String

Definition

Metric dimension name. For details, see Service Dimension Names. namespace and dimension_name need to be specified for cloud product-level rules. This is to specify the resources that the policies apply to.

Constraints

N/A

Range

A maximum of four dimensions are supported. Example: instance_id for single-dimension scenarios; instance_id,disk for multi-dimension scenarios.

Default Value

N/A

Table 5 MetricExtraInfo

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

origin_metric_name

Yes

String

Definition

Original metric name.

Constraints

N/A

Range

0 to 4,096 characters

Default Value

N/A

metric_prefix

No

String

Definition

Metric name prefix.

Constraints

N/A

Range

0 to 4,096 characters

Default Value

N/A

custom_proc_name

No

String

Definition

Name of a process.

Constraints

N/A

Range

[0,250]

Default Value

N/A

metric_type

No

String

Definition

Metric type.

Constraints

N/A

Range

0 to 32 characters

Default Value

N/A

Table 6 HierarchicalValue

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

critical

No

Double

Definition

Threshold for critical alarms.

Constraints

N/A

Range

[-1.7976931348623157e+108, 1.7976931348623157e+108]

Default Value

N/A

major

No

Double

Definition

Threshold for major alarms.

Constraints

N/A

Range

[-1.7976931348623157e+108, 1.7976931348623157e+108]

Default Value

N/A

minor

No

Double

Definition

Threshold for minor alarms.

Constraints

N/A

Range

[-1.7976931348623157e+108, 1.7976931348623157e+108]

Default Value

N/A

info

No

Double

Definition

Threshold for warnings.

Constraints

N/A

Range

[-1.7976931348623157e+108, 1.7976931348623157e+108]

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

policies

Array of UpdatePolicyResp objects

Definition

Policy information.

Table 8 UpdatePolicyResp

Parameter

Type

Description

metric_name

String

Definition

Metric name of a resource. For details about the metrics of each service, see Service Metric Names.

Range

The value must start with a letter and can only contain digits, letters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). 1 to 96 characters For example, the ECS metric cpu_util indicates the CPU usage of an ECS. The DDS metric mongo001_command_ps indicates the command execution frequency.

extra_info

MetricExtraInfoResp object

Definition

Additional information about the policy.

period

Integer

Definition

Metric period, in seconds. For details about the original metric period for each cloud service, see Supported Services.

Range

The value can be:

  • 0: The alarm is triggered immediately for event scenarios only.

  • 1: original metric period. For example, if the original period of an RDS metric is 60s, the metric data is collected and calculated every 60s.

  • 300: The metric data is collected and calculated every 5 minutes.

  • 1200: The metric data is collected and calculated every 20 minutes.

  • 3600: The metric data is collected and calculated every hour.

  • 14400: The metric data is collected and calculated every 4 hours.

  • 86400: The metric data is collected and calculated every day.

filter

String

Definition

Aggregation method.

Range

average, variance, min, max, or sum

comparison_operator

String

Definition

Threshold symbol.

Range

The value can be >, <, >=, <=, =, !=, cycle_decrease, cycle_increase, or cycle_wave. cycle_decrease indicates the decrease relative to the last period; cycle_increase indicates the increase relative to the last period; cycle_wave indicates the increase or decrease relative to the last period.

value

Number

Definition

Alarm threshold. For specific thresholds, see the value range of each metric in the appendix.

Range

The value ranges from 0 to 1.7976931348623157e+108.

hierarchical_value

HierarchicalValueResp object

Definition

Multi-level alarm threshold.

Range

When you create or modify an alarm rule, you can set only one threshold in the following scenarios:

  1. The alarm type is Metric and the alarm policy is Trigger an alarm when all policies are met.

  2. The alarm type is Event.

unit

String

Definition

Data unit.

Range

[0,32]

type

String

Definition

Alarm policy type. This API has been deprecated.

Range

The value can only be auto.

count

Integer

Definition

Number of times that the alarm triggering conditions are met.

Range

For event alarms, the value ranges from 1 to 180. For metric and website alarms, the value can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 90, 120, or 180.

suppress_duration

Integer

Definition

Alarm suppression duration, in seconds. This parameter corresponds to the last field in the alarm policy when you create an alarm rule. This field is used to mitigate frequent alarm occurrences.

Range

The value can be:

  • 0: In the immediate triggering scenario, 0 indicates that the alarm is not suppressed. In the accumulated triggering scenario, 0 indicates that the alarm is generated only once.

  • 300: An alarm is generated every 5 minutes once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 600: An alarm is generated every 10 minutes once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 900: An alarm is generated every 15 minutes once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 1800: An alarm is generated every 30 minutes once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 3600: An alarm is generated every 60 minutes once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 10800: An alarm is generated every 3 hours once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 21600: An alarm is generated every 6 hours after the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 43200: An alarm is generated every 12 hours once the alarm triggering condition is met.

  • 86000: An alarm is generated once every day once the alarm triggering condition is met.

level

Integer

Definition

Alarm severity.

Range

The value can be: 1 (critical), ** 2** (major), 3 (minor), or 4 (warning)

namespace

String

Definition

For details about the namespace of each service, see Service Namespaces. namespace and dimension_name need to be specified for cloud product-level rules. This is to specify the resources that the policies apply to.

Range

The value is in the service.item format. The values of service and item must be a string, starting with a letter and containing only digits (0–9), letters (case-insensitive), and underscores (_). [0,32] .

dimension_name

String

Definition

Metric dimension name. For details, see Service Dimension Names.

Range

A maximum of four dimensions are supported. Example: instance_id for single-dimension scenarios; instance_id,disk for multi-dimension scenarios.

Table 9 MetricExtraInfoResp

Parameter

Type

Description

origin_metric_name

String

Definition

Original metric name.

Range

[0,4,096]

metric_prefix

String

Definition

Metric name prefix.

Range

[0,4,096]

custom_proc_name

String

Definition

Name of a process.

Range

[0,250]

metric_type

String

Definition

Metric type.

Range

[0,32]

Table 10 HierarchicalValueResp

Parameter

Type

Description

critical

Double

Definition

Threshold for critical alarms.

Range

[-1.7976931348623157e+108, 1.7976931348623157e+108]

major

Double

Definition

Threshold for major alarms.

Range

[-1.7976931348623157e+108, 1.7976931348623157e+108]

minor

Double

Definition

Threshold for minor alarms.

Range

[-1.7976931348623157e+108, 1.7976931348623157e+108]

info

Double

Definition

Threshold for warnings.

Range

[-1.7976931348623157e+108, 1.7976931348623157e+108]

Status code: 400

Table 11 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Status codes customized by each cloud service when a request error occurs.

error_msg

String

Request error message.

request_id

String

Request ID.

Status code: 500

Table 12 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Status codes customized by each cloud service when a request error occurs.

error_msg

String

Request error message.

request_id

String

Request ID.

Example Requests

Modify an alarm policy whose metric name is disk_device_read_bytes_rate.

{
  "policies" : [ {
    "metric_name" : "disk_device_read_bytes_rate",
    "period" : 1,
    "filter" : "average",
    "comparison_operator" : ">",
    "value" : 75,
    "unit" : "byte/s",
    "count" : 3,
    "suppress_duration" : 10800,
    "level" : 2
  } ]
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Modification succeeded.

{
  "policies" : [ {
    "metric_name" : "disk_device_read_bytes_rate",
    "period" : 1,
    "filter" : "average",
    "comparison_operator" : ">",
    "value" : 75,
    "unit" : "byte/s",
    "count" : 3,
    "type" : "",
    "suppress_duration" : 10800,
    "level" : 2
  } ]
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Modification succeeded.

400

Parameter verification failed.

500

Internal system error.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.