Cloud Monitor:Automate O&M based on status change events of ECS instances

Procedure

Cloud Monitor sends all status change events of ECS instances to SMQ. SMQ receives messages and handles the messages.

• Practice 1: Record all creation and release events of ECS instances

  You cannot query ECS instances that have been released in the ECS console. If you need to query released ECS instances, you can store status change events of all ECS instances in a database or Simple Log Service. When an ECS instance is created, Cloud Monitor sends a Created event. When an ECS instance is released, Cloud Monitor sends a Deleted event.

  1. Create a Conf file.

     The Conf file must contain the following parameters: endpoint of SMQ, access_key and access_key_secret of Alibaba Cloud, region_id (for example, cn-beijing), and queue_name.

     Note

     To obtain the endpoint, you can log on to the SMQ console, go to the Queues page, and then click Get Endpoint.

     import os
     
     # Make sure that the ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID and ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
     # If the project code is leaked, the AccessKey pair may be leaked and the security of all resources within your account may be compromised. The following sample code shows how to use environment variables to obtain an AccessKey pair and use the AccessKey pair to call API operations. The sample code is for reference only. We recommend that you use Security Token Service (STS), which provides higher security.
     class Conf:
         endpoint = 'http://<id>.mns.<region>.aliyuncs.com/'
         access_key = os.environ['ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID']
         access_key_secret = os.environ['ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET']
         region_id = 'cn-beijing'
         queue_name = 'test'
         vsever_group_id = '<your_vserver_group_id>'
                                         

  2. Use the SMQ SDK to develop an MNS client for receiving messages from SMQ.

     # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
     import json
     from mns.mns_exception import MNSExceptionBase
     import logging
     from mns.account import Account
     from . import Conf
     
     
     class MNSClient(object):
         def __init__(self):
             self.account =  Account(Conf.endpoint, Conf.access_key, Conf.access_key_secret)
             self.queue_name = Conf.queue_name
             self.listeners = dict()
     
         def regist_listener(self, listener, eventname='Instance:StateChange'):
             if eventname in self.listeners.keys():
                 self.listeners.get(eventname).append(listener)
             else:
                 self.listeners[eventname] = [listener]
     
         def run(self):
             queue = self.account.get_queue(self.queue_name)
             while True:
                 try:
                     message = queue.receive_message(wait_seconds=5)
                     event = json.loads(message.message_body)
                     if event['name'] in self.listeners:
                         for listener in self.listeners.get(event['name']):
                             listener.process(event)
                     queue.delete_message(receipt_handle=message.receipt_handle)
                 except MNSExceptionBase as e:
                     if e.type == 'QueueNotExist':
                         logging.error('Queue %s not exist, please create queue before receive message.', self.queue_name)
                     else:
                         logging.error('No Message, continue waiting')
     
     
     class BasicListener(object):
         def process(self, event):
             pass
                                     

     The preceding code is used to receive messages from SMQ and delete the messages after the listener is called to consume the messages.

  3. Register a listener to consume events. The listener generates a log entry each time the listener receives a Created or Deleted event.

      # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
     import logging
     from .mns_client import BasicListener
     
     
     class ListenerLog(BasicListener):
         def process(self, event):
             state = event['content']['state']
             resource_id = event['content']['resourceId']
             if state == 'Created':
                 logging.info(f'The instance {resource_id} state is {state}')
             elif state == 'Deleted':
                 logging.info(f'The instance {resource_id} state is {state}')
                                     

     Add the following code to the Main function:

     mns_client = MNSClient()
     
     mns_client.regist_listener(ListenerLog())
     
     mns_client.run()

     In the production environment, you can store the events in a database or Simple Log Service for subsequent queries and audits.

• Practice 2: Automatically restart ECS instances that are shut down

  In scenarios where ECS instances may be shut down unexpectedly, you may need to automatically restart the ECS instances.

  You can reuse the MNS client developed in Practice 1 and create another listener. When you receive a Stopped event for an ECS instance, you can run the start command on the ECS instance to start the instance.

  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  import logging
  from aliyunsdkecs.request.v20140526 import StartInstanceRequest
  from aliyunsdkcore.client import AcsClient
  from .mns_client import BasicListener
  from .config import Conf
  
  
  class ECSClient(object):
      def __init__(self, acs_client):
          self.client = acs_client
  
      # Start the ECS instance.
      def start_instance(self, instance_id):
          logging.info(f'Start instance {instance_id} ...')
          request = StartInstanceRequest.StartInstanceRequest()
          request.set_accept_format('json')
          request.set_InstanceId(instance_id)
          self.client.do_action_with_exception(request)
  
  
  class ListenerStart(BasicListener):
      def __init__(self):
          acs_client = AcsClient(Conf.access_key, Conf.access_key_secret, Conf.region_id)
          self.ecs_client = ECSClient(acs_client)
  
      def process(self, event):
          detail = event['content']
          instance_id = detail['resourceId']
          if detail['state'] == 'Stopped':
              self.ecs_client.start_instance(instance_id)
                      

  In the production environment, you can listen to Starting, Running, or Stopped events after the start command is run. Then, you can perform further O&M by using a timer and a counter based on whether the ECS instance is started.

• Practice 3: Automatically remove spot instances from SLB instances before the spot instances are released

  An interruption notification event is triggered about 5 minutes before a spot instance is released. During the 5 minutes, you can perform specific operations to prevent your services from being interrupted. For example, you can remove the spot instance from a Server Load Balancer (SLB) instance.

  You can reuse the MNS client developed in Practice 1 and create another listener. When the listener receives the interruption notification event for a spot instance, you can call the SLB SDK to remove the spot instance from an SLB instance.

  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  from aliyunsdkcore.client import AcsClient
  from aliyunsdkcore.request import CommonRequest
  from .mns_client import BasicListener
  from .config import Conf
  
  
  class SLBClient(object):
      def __init__(self):
          self.client = AcsClient(Conf.access_key, Conf.access_key_secret, Conf.region_id)
          self.request = CommonRequest()
          self.request.set_method('POST')
          self.request.set_accept_format('json')
          self.request.set_version('2014-05-15')
          self.request.set_domain('slb.aliyuncs.com')
          self.request.add_query_param('RegionId', Conf.region_id)
  
      def remove_vserver_group_backend_servers(self, vserver_group_id, instance_id):
          self.request.set_action_name('RemoveVServerGroupBackendServers')
          self.request.add_query_param('VServerGroupId', vserver_group_id)
          self.request.add_query_param('BackendServers',
                                       "[{'ServerId':'" + instance_id + "','Port':'80','Weight':'100'}]")
          response = self.client.do_action_with_exception(self.request)
          return str(response, encoding='utf-8')
  
  
  class ListenerSLB(BasicListener):
      def __init__(self, vsever_group_id):
          self.slb_caller = SLBClient()
          self.vsever_group_id = Conf.vsever_group_id
  
      def process(self, event):
          detail = event['content']
          instance_id = detail['instanceId']
          if detail['action'] == 'delete':
              self.slb_caller.remove_vserver_group_backend_servers(self.vsever_group_id, instance_id)
                      

  Important

  For interruption notification events, set the event name in the mns_client.regist_listener(ListenerSLB(Conf.vsever_group_id), 'Instance:PreemptibleInstanceInterruption') format.

  In the production environment, you can apply for another spot instance and add it as a backend server of an SLB instance to ensure the performance of your services.