Queries alert rules.

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes DescribeMetricRuleList

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to DescribeMetricRuleList.
Namespace String No acs_ecs_dashboard

The namespace of the service.

Note For more information, see DescribeSystemEventMetaList or Appendix 1: Metrics.
MetricName String No cpu_total

The name of the metric.

Note For more information, see DescribeSystemEventMetaList or Appendix 1: Metrics.
EnableState Boolean No true

Specifies whether to query enabled or disabled alert rules. Valid values:

  • true: Enabled alert rules are queried.
  • false: Disabled alert rules are queried.

This parameter is not specified by default, indicating that both enabled and disabled rules are queried.

Page String No 1

The number of the page to return. Default value: 1.
PageSize String No 10

The number of entries to return on each page. Default value: 10.
AlertState String No ALARM

The status of the alert rule. Valid values:

  • OK: Alert rules with no active alerts are queried.
  • ALARM: Alert rules with active alerts are queried.
  • INSUFFICIENT_DATA: Alert rules with no alert data are queried.
Dimensions String No {"instanceId":"i-xy123****"}

The dimensions that specify the resources for which you want to query alert rules.

Set the value to a collection of key-value pairs. A typical key-value pair is instanceId:XXXXXX.

The key and value must be 1 to 64 bytes in length, respectively. Excessive bytes are truncated from the string.

The key and value can contain letters, digits, periods (.), hyphens (-), underscores (_), forward slashes (/), and backslashes (\).

Note Dimensions must be organized in a JSON string and follow the required order.
RuleName String No ECS CPU alert rule

The name of the alert rule.

Note This parameter supports fuzzy match.
GroupId String No 123456

The ID of the application group.
RuleIds String No a151cd6023eacee2f0978e03863cc1697c8950812****

The ID of the alert rule.

Note You can specify a maximum of 20 alert rule IDs that are separated with commas (,) in this parameter.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String 0E657631-CD6C-4C24-9637-98D000B9272C

The ID of the request.
Code Integer 200

The HTTP status code.

Note The status code 200 indicates that the call was successful.
Total String 21

The total number of entries returned.
Success Boolean true

Indicates whether the call was successful. The value true indicates a success. The value false indicates a failure.

Alarms Array

The details of alert rules.
Alarm
AlertState String OK

The status of the alert rule. Valid values:

  • OK: The alert rule has no active alerts.
  • ALARM: The alert rule has at least one active alert.
  • INSUFFICIENT_DATA: The alert rule has no data.
ContactGroups String Default alert contacts

The alert group for receiving alert notifications.
Dimensions String [{}]

The dimensions that specify the resources for which you want to query monitoring data.

The value is a collection of key-value pairs. A typical key-value pair is instanceId:XXXXXX.

The key and value must be 1 to 64 bytes in length, respectively. Excessive bytes are truncated from the string.

The key and value can contain letters, digits, periods (.), hyphens (-), underscores (_), forward slashes (/), and backslashes (\).

Note Dimensions must be organized in a JSON string and follow the required order.
EffectiveInterval String 00:00-23:59

The time period during which the alert rule is effective.
EnableState Boolean true

Indicates whether the alert rule is enabled. Valid values:

  • true: indicates that the alert rule is enabled.
  • false: indicates that the alert rule is disabled.

This parameter is not specified in the request by default. In this case, both enabled and disabled rules are returned.

Escalations Struct

The conditions for triggering different levels of alerts.
Critical Struct

The condition for triggering critical-level alerts.
ComparisonOperator String GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold

The comparison operator of the threshold for critical-level alerts. Valid values:

  • GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold: greater than or equal to the threshold
  • GreaterThanThreshold: greater than the threshold
  • LessThanOrEqualToThreshold: less than or equal to the threshold
  • LessThanThreshold: less than the threshold
  • NotEqualToThreshold: not equal to the threshold
  • GreaterThanYesterday: greater than the metric value at the same time yesterday
  • LessThanYesterday: less than the metric value at the same time yesterday
  • GreaterThanLastWeek: greater than the metric value at the same time last week
  • LessThanLastWeek: less than the metric value at the same time last week
  • GreaterThanLastPeriod: greater than the metric value in the last monitoring cycle
  • LessThanLastPeriod: less than the metric value in the last monitoring cycle
Statistics String Average

The statistical method for critical-level alerts.
Threshold String 90

The threshold for critical-level alerts.
Times String 3

The consecutive number of times for which the metric value is measured before a critical-level alert is triggered.

Info Struct

The condition for triggering info-level alerts.
ComparisonOperator String GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold

The comparison operator of the threshold for info-level alerts. Valid values:

  • GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold: greater than or equal to the threshold
  • GreaterThanThreshold: greater than the threshold
  • LessThanOrEqualToThreshold: less than or equal to the threshold
  • LessThanThreshold: less than the threshold
  • NotEqualToThreshold: not equal to the threshold
  • GreaterThanYesterday: greater than the metric value at the same time yesterday
  • LessThanYesterday: less than the metric value at the same time yesterday
  • GreaterThanLastWeek: greater than the metric value at the same time last week
  • LessThanLastWeek: less than the metric value at the same time last week
  • GreaterThanLastPeriod: greater than the metric value in the last monitoring cycle
  • LessThanLastPeriod: less than the metric value in the last monitoring cycle
Statistics String Average

The statistical method for info-level alerts.
Threshold String 90

The threshold for info-level alerts.
Times String 1

The consecutive number of times for which the metric value is measured before an info-level alert is triggered.

Warn Struct

The condition for triggering warn-level alerts.
ComparisonOperator String GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold

The comparison operator of the threshold for warn-level alerts. Valid values:

  • GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold: greater than or equal to the threshold
  • GreaterThanThreshold: greater than the threshold
  • LessThanOrEqualToThreshold: less than or equal to the threshold
  • LessThanThreshold: less than the threshold
  • NotEqualToThreshold: not equal to the threshold
  • GreaterThanYesterday: greater than the metric value at the same time yesterday
  • LessThanYesterday: less than the metric value at the same time yesterday
  • GreaterThanLastWeek: greater than the metric value at the same time last week
  • LessThanLastWeek: less than the metric value at the same time last week
  • GreaterThanLastPeriod: greater than the metric value in the last monitoring cycle
  • LessThanLastPeriod: less than the metric value in the last monitoring cycle
Statistics String Average

The statistical method for warn-level alerts.
Threshold String 90

The threshold of warn-level alerts.
Times String 3

The consecutive number of times for which the metric value is measured before a warn-level alert is triggered.

GroupId String 123456

The ID of the application group.
GroupName String My application group

The name of the application group.

Note If the alert rule is associated with an application group, the name of the application group is returned in this parameter.
MailSubject String An alert occurs

The subject of the alert notification email.
MetricName String cpu_total

The name of the metric.
Namespace String acs_ecs_dashboard

The namespace of the service.

Note For more information, see Appendix 1: Metrics.
NoEffectiveInterval String 00:00-23:59

The time period during which the alert rule is ineffective.
Period String 60

The statistical period.
Resources String [{\"instanceId\":\"i-a2d5q7pm3f9yr29e****\"},{\"instanceId\":\"i-a2d5q7pm3f9yr29e****\"}

The resources that are associated with the alert rule.
RuleId String a151cd6023eacee2f0978e03863cc1697c895012****

The ID of the alert rule.
RuleName String My alert rule

The name of the alert rule.
SilenceTime String 86400

The duration of the mute period during which new alerts are not sent even if the trigger conditions are met. Unit: seconds. Default value: 86400. Minimum value: 3600. Only one alert is reported during each mute period even if the metric value consecutively exceeds the alert rule threshold several times.

SourceType String METRIC

The type of the alert rule. The value is METRIC, indicating an alert rule for time series metrics.

Webhook String http://www.aliyun.com

The callback URL.
Message String The Request is not authorization.

The returned message.

Examples

Sample requests

http(s)://[Endpoint]/?Action=DescribeMetricRuleList
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<DescribeMetricRuleList>
          <RequestId>0E657631-CD6C-4C24-9637-98D000B9272C</RequestId>
          <Total>21</Total>
          <Alarms>
                <Alarm>
                      <GroupName>My application group</GroupName>
                      <NoEffectiveInterval>00:00-23:59</NoEffectiveInterval>
                      <SilenceTime>86400</SilenceTime>
                      <ContactGroups>Default alert contacts</ContactGroups>
                      <MailSubject>An alert occurs</MailSubject>
                      <RuleId>a151cd6023eacee2f0978e03863cc1697c895012****</RuleId>
                      <SourceType>METRIC</SourceType>
                      <Period>60</Period>
                      <Dimensions>[{}]</Dimensions>
                      <EffectiveInterval>00:00-23:59</EffectiveInterval>
                      <Namespace>acs_ecs_dashboard</Namespace>
                      <AlertState>OK</AlertState>
                      <GroupId>123456</GroupId>
                      <MetricName>cpu_total</MetricName>
                      <EnableState>true</EnableState>
                      <Webhook>http://www.aliyun.com</Webhook>
                      <Resources>[{\"instanceId\":\"i-a2d5q7pm3f9yr29e****\"},{\"instanceId\":\"i-a2d5q7pm3f9yr29e****\"}</Resources>
                      <RuleName>My alert rule</RuleName>
                </Alarm>
                <Alarm>
                      <Escalations>
                            <Critical>
                                  <ComparisonOperator>GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold</ComparisonOperator>
                                  <Times>3</Times>
                                  <Statistics>Average</Statistics>
                                  <Threshold>90</Threshold>
                            </Critical>
                            <Info>
                                  <ComparisonOperator>GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold</ComparisonOperator>
                                  <Times>3</Times>
                                  <Statistics>Average</Statistics>
                                  <Threshold>90</Threshold>
                            </Info>
                            <Warn>
                                  <ComparisonOperator>GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold</ComparisonOperator>
                                  <Times>3</Times>
                                  <Statistics>Average</Statistics>
                                  <Threshold>90</Threshold>
                            </Warn>
                      </Escalations>
                </Alarm>
          </Alarms>
          <Code>200</Code>
          <Success>true</Success>
</DescribeMetricRuleList>

JSON format 

{
    "RequestId":"0E657631-CD6C-4C24-9637-98D000B9272C",
    "Total":"21",
    "Alarms":{
        "Alarm":[
            {
                "GroupName":"My application group",
                "NoEffectiveInterval":"00:00-23:59",
                "SilenceTime":"86400",
                "ContactGroups":"Default alert contacts",
                "MailSubject":"An alert occurs",
                "RuleId":"a151cd6023eacee2f0978e03863cc1697c895012****",
                "SourceType":"METRIC",
                "Period":"60",
                "Dimensions":"[{}]",
                "EffectiveInterval":"00:00-23:59",
                "Namespace":"acs_ecs_dashboard",
                "AlertState":"OK",
                "GroupId":"123456",
                "MetricName":"cpu_total",
                "EnableState":"true",
                "Webhook":"http://www.aliyun.com",
                "Resources":"[{\\\"instanceId\\\":\\\"i-a2d5q7pm3f9yr29e****\\\"},{\\\"instanceId\\\":\\\"i-a2d5q7pm3f9yr29e****\\\"}",
                "RuleName":"My alert rule"
            },
            {
                "Escalations":{
                    "Critical":{
                        "ComparisonOperator":"GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold",
                        "Times":"3",
                        "Statistics":"Average",
                        "Threshold":"90"
                    },
                    "Info":{
                        "ComparisonOperator":"GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold",
                        "Times":"3",
                        "Statistics":"Average",
                        "Threshold":"90"
                    },
                    "Warn":{
                        "ComparisonOperator":"GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold",
                        "Times":"3",
                        "Statistics":"Average",
                        "Threshold":"90"
                    }
                }
            }]
    },
    "Code":"200",
    "Success":"true"
}

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