Creating an Alarm Rule

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Under Management & Governance, select Cloud Eye. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Alarm Management > Alarm Rules.
3. On the displayed page, click Create Alarm Rule in the upper right corner.
4. On the displayed Create Alarm Rule page, configure the parameters.
   1. Set Name and Description.
      Figure 1 Configuring the alarm rule name and description
      
      Parameters for configuring the rule name and description

      Parameter	Description	Example Value
      Name	Name of the alarm rule. The system generates a random name, which you can modify.	alarm-cgnw
      Description	Alarm rule description. This parameter is optional.	-

   2. Configure alarm content parameters.
      Figure 2 CBR vault-based alarm rule configuration
      
      Figure 3 CBR event-based alarm rule configuration
      
   3. Configure alarm notifications.
      Figure 4 Configuring alarm notifications
      

      Table 1 Parameters for configuring alarm notifications

      Parameter	Description	Example Value
      Alarm Notification	Whether to notify users when alarms are triggered. Notifications can be sent by email or text message, or through HTTP/HTTPS request to servers. You can enable (recommended) or disable Alarm Notification.	-
      Notification Window	Cloud Eye sends notifications only within the notification window specified in the alarm rule. If Notification Window is set to 00:00-8:00, Cloud Eye sends alarm notifications only within 00:00-8:00.	-
      Notification Object	The name of the topic the alarm notification is to be sent to. If you enable alarm notification, you need to select a topic. If no desirable topics are available, create one and subscribe to it first. For details about how to create a topic, see the Simple Message Notification User Guide.	-
      Trigger Condition	The condition for triggering the alarm notification. You can select Generated alarm, Cleared alarm, or both.	-

   4. Click Create.

After the alarm rule is created, if the metric data reaches the specified threshold or a CBR event happens, Cloud Eye immediately informs you that an exception has occurred. For details, see the Cloud Eye User Guide.