Creating an Alarm Rule

Scenarios

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.
2. Choose Alarm Management > Rule Settings.
   

   In some regions, the path is Alarm Management > Alarm Rules. For details, check the console.

3. Click Create Alarm Rule in the upper right corner.
4. On the Create Alarm Rule page, configure parameters as needed.
   Configure the key parameters as follows:

   1. Configure basic information about the alarm rule.
      • Name: Name of the alarm rule. The system generates a name randomly. You can change it if needed.
   2. Configure alarm content parameters.
      • Alarm Type: Select Metric.
      • Cloud Product: Select Direct Connect - Connections.
      • 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 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.

5. Click Create.

   For more information about Direct Connect alarm rules, see the 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, the required parameters have been configured for that event.

4. On the Create Alarm Rule page, configure parameters as needed.
   1. Configure basic information about the alarm rule.
      • Name: Name of the alarm rule. The system generates a name randomly. You can change it if needed.
   2. Configure alarm content parameters.
      • Alarm Type: Select Event.
      • Event Type: The value can be System event or Custom event. Select System event.
      • Event Source: The cloud service for which the event is generated. Select Direct Connect.
      • 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 to Monitor an Event.

5. Click Create.

   For more information about Direct Connect alarm rules, see the Cloud Eye User Guide.