What Is Cloud Eye?

Cloud Eye is a multi-dimensional resource monitoring service. You can use Cloud Eye to monitor resources, set alarm rules, identify resource exceptions, and quickly respond to resource changes. Figure 1 shows the Cloud Eye architecture.

Figure 1 Cloud Eye architecture

Cloud Eye provides the following functions:

• Automatic monitoring

  Monitoring starts automatically after you have enabled cloud services and created resources such as Elastic Cloud Servers (ECSs). On the Cloud Eye console, you can view the service status and set alarm rules for these resources.

• Flexible alarm rule configuration

  You can create alarm rules for multiple resources at the same time. After you create an alarm rule, you can modify, enable, disable, or delete it at any time. For more information, see Alarm Rule Management.

• Real-time notification

  You can enable Simple Message Notification (SMN) when creating alarm rules. When the cloud service status changes and the monitoring data of the metric reaches the threshold specified in an alarm rule, Cloud Eye notifies you by emails, or by sending messages to server addresses, allowing you to monitor the cloud resource status and changes in real time.

• Monitoring panel

  The panel enables you to view cross-service and cross-dimension monitoring data. It displays key metrics, providing an overview of the service status and monitoring details that you can use for troubleshooting. For more information, see Introduction to Monitoring Panels.