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. Click Create Alarm Rule.
5. Specify resource type and event type.
   Figure 1 Creating a alarm rule
   

   Table 1 Parameter description

   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.
   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
   Method	It is fixed to Configure manually.
   Event Source	Specifies the service the event is generated for. Example value: Elastic Cloud Server
   Event Name	Specifies the instantaneous operations users performed on resources, such as login and logout. For events supported by event monitoring, see Events Supported by Event Monitoring. Example value: Delete ECS
   Monitoring Scope	Specifies the monitoring scope for event monitoring. Example value: All 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

6. Enable the alarm notification function and set event alarm parameters.
   Figure 2 Create Alarm Rule
   

   Table 2 Parameter description

   Parameter	Description
   Alarm Notification	Specifies whether to notify users when alarms are triggered. Notifications can be sent by email, text message, or HTTP/HTTPS message.
   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 within 08:00-20:00.
   Notification Object	Specifies the object that receives alarm notifications. You can select the account contact or a topic. Account contact is the mobile phone 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.
   Trigger Condition	Specifies the trigger of alarm notifications.

7. Click Create.

   The alarm rule is created.