Creating an Alarm Rule for a Specific Metric

Adding a Custom Alarm Rule

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the upper left corner, select a region and project.
3. Click Service List in the upper left corner, and select Cloud Eye.
4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Alarm Management > Alarm Rules, and click Create Alarm Rule in the upper right corner.
5. In the Create Alarm Rule dialog box, configure the parameters.
   1. Select an object and configure other parameters listed in Table 1.

      Table 1 Parameters

      Parameter	Description
      Name	Specifies the alarm rule name. The system generates a random name, which you can modify. Example value: alarm-b6al
      Description	(Optional) Provides supplementary information about the alarm rule.
      Resource Type	Specifies the type of the resource the alarm rule is created for. Example value: Elastic Cloud Server
      Dimension	Specifies the metric dimension of the selected resource type. Example value: ECSs
      Monitoring Scope	Specifies the monitoring scope the alarm rule applies to. You can select Resource groups or Specific resources. NOTE: If Resource groups is selected and any resource in the group meets the alarm policy, an alarm is triggered. If Resource groups is selected, alarm rules cannot be created using templates.
      Monitored Object	Specifies the resource the alarm rule is created for. You can specify one or more resources.

   2. In the Select Metric step, select Create manually and configure parameters based on Table 2.

      Table 2 Parameters

      Parameter	Description	Example Value
      Method	Specifies the means you use to create the alarm rule.	Configure manually
      Metric	For example: CPU Usage Indicates the CPU usage of the monitored object. The unit is percent. Memory Usage Indicates the memory usage of the monitored object. The unit is percent.	CPU Usage
      Alarm Policy	Specifies the policy for triggering an alarm. For example, an alarm is triggered if the average value of the monitored metric is 80% or more for three consecutive 5-minute periods.	N/A
      Alarm Severity	Specifies the alarm severity, which can be Critical, Major, Minor, or Informational.	Major
      Alarm Notification	Specifies whether to notify users when alarms are triggered. Notifications can be sent by email, text message, or HTTP/HTTPS message.	Enable
      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.	N/A
      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.	N/A
      Trigger Condition	Specifies the condition for triggering the alarm notification. You can select Generated alarm (when an alarm is generated), Cleared alarm (when an alarm is cleared), or both.	N/A