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Creating an Alarm Rule

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Cloud Eye allows you to use alarm templates to create alarm rules to monitor cloud resource usage and key operations. After an alarm rule is created, if a metric reaches the specified threshold or there is a specified event, Cloud Eye immediately informs you of the exception through Simple Message Notification (SMN).

This section describes how to create alarm rules to monitor metrics and events.

Creating an Alarm Rule for Metric Monitoring

  1. Log in to the Cloud Eye console.
  1. In the navigation pane, choose Alarm Management > Alarm Rules.
  2. Click Create Alarm Rule in the upper right corner.
  3. On the Create Alarm Rule page, configure parameters as needed.
    Configure the key parameters as follows:
    1. Configure the alarm rule name and description.
      • Name: Name of the alarm rule. The name is automatically generated, but you can change it to a custom one.
      • Description: (Optional) Describe the alarm rule.
    2. Configure alarm content parameters.
      • Alarm Type: Select Metric.
      • Cloud Product: Select Virtual Private Cloud-Bandwidths or Virtual Private Cloud-Elastic IPs as required.
      • Resource Level: Select the resource level of the monitored object. This parameter is available only if Alarm Type is set to Metric. The value can be Cloud product or Specific dimension. Cloud product is recommended.
      • Monitoring Scope: Select All resources, Resource groups, or Specific resources that the alarm rule will apply to.
      • Method: Select Associate template or Configure manually.
      • Alarm Policy: Specify the policy for triggering an alarm.
    3. Configure alarm notification parameters.

      To send alarm notifications by email, SMS, HTTP, or HTTPS, enable Alarm Notifications.

    For details about the related parameters, see Creating an Alarm Rule.

  4. Click Create.

    For more information about VPC monitoring rules, see Cloud Eye User Guide.

Creating an Alarm Rule for Event Monitoring

  1. Log in to the Cloud Eye console.
  2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Event Monitoring.
  3. On the displayed page, click Create Alarm Rule in the upper right corner.

    If you want to create an alarm rule for an existing event, locate the target event in the event list and click Create Alarm Rule in the Operation column. On the displayed Create Alarm Rule page, required parameters have been configured for that event.

  4. On the Create Alarm Rule page, configure parameters as needed.
    1. Configure the alarm rule name and description.
      • Name: Enter a name for the alarm rule, which can be customized or automatically generated by the system.
      • Description: (Optional) Describe the alarm rule.
    2. Configure alarm content parameters.
      • Alarm Type: Select Event.
      • Event Type: System event or Custom event. Select System event.
      • Event Source: The cloud service for which the event is generated. Select Virtual Private Cloud.
      • Monitoring Scope: The resources that the alarm rule applies to. All resources is selected by default.
      • Method: Select Associate template or Configure manually.
      • Alarm Policy: Specify the policy for triggering an alarm.
    3. Configure alarm notification parameters.

      To send alarm notifications by email, SMS, HTTP, or HTTPS, enable Alarm Notifications.

    For more information, see Creating an Alarm Rule and Notification for Event Monitoring.

  5. Click Create.

    For more information about VPC monitoring rules, see Cloud Eye User Guide.

Parent Topic: Cloud Eye Monitoring