Creating an Alarm Rule to Monitor an Event

Scenarios

This topic describes how to create an alarm rule to monitor an event.

Procedure

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 Event Monitoring.
4. In the event list, locate an event and click Create Alarm Rule in the Operation column.
5. On the Create Alarm Rule page, configure the parameters.
   1. Set the alarm rule name and description.

      Table 1 Parameters for configuring alarm rules

      Parameter	Description
      Name	Specifies the alarm rule name. The system generates a random name, which you can modify.
      Description	(Optional) Provides supplementary information about the alarm rule.

   2. Select a monitored object and configure alarm content parameters.

      Table 2 Parameters for configuring alarm content

      Parameter	Description
      Resource Type	Specifies the type of the resource the alarm rule is created for.
      Dimension	Specifies the metric dimension of the selected resource type. Example value: System event
      Event Source	Specifies the service the event is generated for. Example value: Elastic Cloud Server For a custom event, set Event Source to the value of event_source.
      Monitoring Scope	Specifies the monitoring scope for event monitoring. Example value: All resources
      Method	Specifies the means you use to create the alarm rule.
      Event Name	Specifies the event name. For events supported by event monitoring, see Events Supported by Event Monitoring. Example value: Delete ECS
      Monitored Object	Specifies the object to be monitored. This parameter is mandatory if you set Monitoring Scope to Specific resources.
      Trigger Mode	You can select immediate trigger or accumulative trigger based on the operation severity. Example value: Immediate trigger
      Alarm Severity	Specifies the alarm severity, which can be Critical, Major, Minor, or Informational. Example value: Major

   3. Configure the alarm notification.

      Table 3 Parameters for configuring alarm notifications

      Parameter	Description
      Alarm Notification	Specifies whether to notify users when alarms are triggered. Notifications can be sent by email, SMS message, or HTTP/HTTPS message.
      Notification Object	Specifies the object to which alarm notifications will be sent. You can select the account contact or a topic. Account contact is the mobile number and email address of the registered account. Topic: A topic is used to publish messages and subscribe to notifications. If the required topic is unavailable, create one first and add subscriptions to it. For details, see Creating a Topic and Adding Subscriptions.
      Validity Period	Cloud Eye sends notifications only within the validity period specified in the alarm rule. If Validity Period is set to 08:00-20:00, Cloud Eye sends notifications only from 08:00 to 20:00.
      Trigger Condition	Specifies the condition for triggering an alarm notification. You can select Generated alarm (when an alarm is generated), Cleared alarm (when an alarm is cleared), or both.

   4. Click Create.