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Creating a Notification Object and Notification Group

Cloud Eye sends alarm notifications to notification objects and notification groups. You need to create a notification object and a notification group and add the notification object to the notification group. When creating an alarm rule, you can select a notification group that will receive the alarm notifications.

Creating a Notification Object

  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 on the left, choose Alarm Management > Alarm Notifications.
  4. Select the Notification Objects tab, click Create and configure parameters as prompted.
    Figure 1 Create Notification Object
    Table 1 Parameters for creating a notification object

    Parameter

    Description

    Protocol

    Specifies the protocol the notification object uses to receive alarm notifications. This parameter can be set to Email, SMS, HTTP, or HTTPS.

    Name

    Specifies the notification object name.

    Endpoint

    Specifies the endpoint of the notification object.

    • Email: Enter one or more valid email addresses.

      For example:

      username@example.com

      username2@example.com

    • HTTP: Enter one or more public network URLs.

      For example:

      http://example.com/notification/action

    • HTTPS: Enter one or more public network URLs.

      For example:

      https://example.com/notification/action

    NOTE:

    After a notification object is added to a notification group, SMN sends a subscription confirmation message to the subscription endpoint.

    • If you select SMS for Protocol, messages will be sent to the phone number you entered as text messages.
    • If you select Email for Protocol, messages are sent to the email address you entered.
    • If you select HTTP or HTTPS for Protocol, messages are sent to the URL you entered as HTTP/HTTPS requests. For details about the HTTP/HTTPS message format, see HTTP/HTTPS Messages.
  5. Click OK.

Creating a Notification Group

  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 on the left, choose Alarm Management > Alarm Notifications.
  4. Select the Notification Groups tab, click Create and configure parameters as prompted.
    Figure 2 Create Notification Group
    Table 2 Parameters for creating a notification group

    Parameter

    Description

    Group

    Specifies the notification group name, which can contain a maximum of 64 characters.

    Enterprise Project

    Specifies the enterprise project to which the notification group belongs. Only users who have all permissions for the enterprise project can manage the alarm notification group. To create an enterprise project, see Creating an Enterprise Project.

    Notification Object

    Specifies the object that will receive the alarm notifications.

    • You can add up to 10 notification objects to a notification group at a time.
    • If you select the voice protocol, you are advised to select both the SMS and email protocols to receive detailed alarm notifications.
    • If Protocol of the notification object is set to SMS, Voice, or Email, the endpoint receives a confirmation message after the notification group is created. You can check whether the object status is changed to Confirmed on the notification group details page.
  5. Click OK.

Adding a Notification Object to a Notification Group

  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 on the left, choose Alarm Management > Alarm Notifications.
  4. Locate the target notification group, and click Add Notification Object in the Operation column.
  5. In the displayed Add Notification Object dialog box, select the notification object you want to add and click OK.
    Figure 3 Add Notification Object
Parent topic: Alarm Notifications