Queries alert rules.

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes SearchAlertRules

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to SearchAlertRules.

RegionId String Yes cn-hangzhou

The ID of the region.

Title String No AlertRuleTitle

The name of the alert rule.

Type String No 4

The type of the alert rule. Valid values:

  • 1: custom alert rules to monitor drill-down data sets
  • 3: custom alert rules to monitor tiled data sets
  • 4: alert rules to monitor the frontend, including the default frontend alert rules
  • 5: alert rules to monitor applications, including the default application alert rules
  • 6: the default frontend alert rules
  • 7: the default application alert rules
  • 8: Tracing Analysis alert rules
  • 101: Prometheus alert rules
CurrentPage Integer No 1

The number of the page to return. Default value: 1.

PageSize Integer No 20

The number of entries to return on each page. Default value: 10.

Pid String No atc889zkcf@d8deedfa9bf****

The process identifier (PID) of the application that is associated with the alert rule. For more information, see Obtain the PID of an application.

AppType String No TRACE

The type of the application that is associated with the alert rule. Valid values:

  • TRACE: application monitoring
  • RETCODE: frontend monitoring

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
PageBean Struct

The struct returned.

AlertRules Array of AlertRuleEntity

The information about alert rules.

AlarmContext Struct

The format of the alert notification.

AlarmContentSubTitle String TestSubTitle

The sub-title of the alert notification content.

AlarmContentTemplate String Alert name: $alert name\nFilter condition: $filter\nAlert time: $alert time\nAlert content: $alert content\nNote: The alert is continuously triggered until a reply email is received. The system will remind you 24 hours later.

The template of the alert notification.

Content String Alert name: $alert name\nFilter condition: $filter\nAlert time: $alert time\nAlert content: $alert content\nNote: The alert is continuously triggered until a reply email is received. The system will remind you 24 hours later.

The content of the alert notification.

SubTitle String test

The sub-title of the alert notification.

AlertLevel String WARN

The severity of the alerts. Only the value WARN is supported.

AlertRule Struct

The conditions of alert rules. Multiple conditions are separated by the AND or OR logical operators.

Operator String |

The logical operator between conditions. Valid values: &: AND. |: OR.

Rules Array of Rule

The condition of the alert rule.

Aggregates String AVG

The aggregation logic of the alert rule. Valid values:

  • AVG: calculates the average value within minutes.
  • SUM: calculates the total value within minutes.
  • MAX: calculates the maximum value within minutes.
  • MIN: calculates the minimum value within minutes.
Alias String response time_ms

The display text of the alert metric.

Measure String appstat.jvm.SystemDiskFree

The metric based on which alerts are triggered. For more information, see Alert metrics.

NValue Integer 5

The time range to query. Unit: minutes. For example, the value 5 indicates that the alert rule applies to the data in the last 5 minutes.

Operator String CURRENT_GTE

The operation logic of the condition. Valid values:

  • CURRENT_GTE: greater than or equal to
  • CURRENT_LTE: less than or equal to
  • PREVIOUS_UP: the minute-to-minute increase percentage
  • PREVIOUS_DOWN: the minute-to-minute decrease percentage
  • HOH_UP: the increase percentage compared with the previous hour
  • HOH_DOWN: the decrease percentage compared with the previous hour
  • DOD_UP: the increase percentage compared with the last day
  • DOD_DOWN: the decrease percentage compared with the last day
Value Float 30

The threshold of the condition.

AlertTitle String TestAlertRule

The name of the alert rule.

AlertType Integer 4

The type of the alert rule. Valid values:

  • 1: custom alert rules to monitor drill-down data sets
  • 3: custom alert rules to monitor tiled data sets
  • 4: alert rules to monitor the frontend, including the default frontend alert rules
  • 5: alert rules to monitor applications, including the default application alert rules
  • 6: the default frontend alert rules
  • 7: the default application alert rules
  • 8: Tracing Analysis alert rules
  • 101: Prometheus alert rules
AlertVersion Integer 1

The version of the alert rule. Default value: 1.

AlertWay List null

The notification method of the alerts. Valid values:

  • SMS: text message
  • MAIL: email
  • DING_ROBOT: DingTalk chatbot
AlertWays List ["MAIL", "SMS", "DING_ROBOT"]

The notification methods of the alerts. Valid values:

  • SMS: text message
  • MAIL: email
  • DING_ROBOT: DingTalk chatbot
Config String {\"continuous\":true,\"dataRevision\":2}

The configuration items of the alert rule. The value is a JSON string.

The configuration item continuous specifies whether to continuously send alert notifications. Valid values:

  • true: Send alert notifications every minute.
  • false: Enable the alert silence feature.

The configuration item dataRevision specifies the data revision policy to be used if no data is obtained or the data is null. Valid values:

  • 0: Overwrite the data by using the value 0.
  • 1: Overwrite the data by using the value 1.
  • 2: Overwrite the data by using the value null. This value indicates that no alert is triggered if no data exists. This value is used by default.
ContactGroupIdList String 381*,572*

The ID of the contact group. Multiple IDs are separated by commas (,).

ContactGroupIds String [123, 234]

The IDs of the alert contact groups. The value is a JSON array.

CreateTime Long 1579508519683

The timestamp when the alert rule was created.

Id Long 123

The ID of the alert rule.

MetricParam Struct

The information about the application that is associated with the alert rule.

AppGroupId String DEFAULT

The ID of the application group that is associated with the alert rule. This parameter is applicable to Enterprise Distributed Application Service (EDAS) applications.

AppId String 123

The auto-increment ID of the Application Real-Time Monitoring Service (ARMS) application. You can ignore this ID.

Dimensions Array of Dimension

The dimensions in the condition.

Key String rootIp

The key of the dimension. Valid values:

  • rpc: the name of the API operation
  • rpcType: the type of the API call, such as HTTP or Apache Dubbo
  • endpoint: the name of the database
  • rootIp: the IP address of the host
Type String DISABLED

The type of the dimension. Valid values:

  • STATIC: checks only the value of this dimension. In this case, you must set the dimensions.value parameter.
  • ALL: checks the values of all dimensions. The metrics of all API operations are checked. If an operation triggers an alert, the operation name is displayed in the alert notification. In this case, you do not need to set the dimensions.value parameter.
  • DISABLE: aggregates the values of all dimensions. In this case, you do not need to set the dimensions.value parameter.
Value String "127.0.0.1"

The value of the dimension.

Pid String 9870ca99-8105-4da7-a3a4-d72dd1b1****

The PID of the application that is associated with the alert rule.

Type String DB

The type of the metric.

  • txn: the number of API calls during application monitoring
  • txn_type: the types of API calls during application monitoring
  • db: database metrics
  • jvm: Java virtual machine (JVM) metrics
  • host: host metrics
  • exception: API call errors
Notice Struct

The time ranges when the alert rule takes effect and when alert notifications are sent.

EndTime Long 1480607940000

The end of the time range when the alert rule takes effect within the 24 hours per day. This value is a UNIX timestamp. The year, month, and day that are indicated by the timestamp do not take effect. Only the hour, minute, and second take effect.

NoticeEndTime Long 1480607940000

The end of the time range when alert notifications are sent based on the alert rule within the 24 hours per day. This value is a UNIX timestamp. The year, month, and day that are indicated by the timestamp do not take effect. Only the hour, minute, and second take effect.

NoticeStartTime Long 1480521600000

The beginning of the time range when alert notifications are sent based on the alert rule within the 24 hours per day. This value is a UNIX timestamp. The year, month, and day that are indicated by the timestamp do not take effect. Only the hour, minute, and second take effect.

StartTime Long 1480521600000

The beginning of the time range when the alert rule takes effect within the 24 hours per day. This value is a UNIX timestamp. The year, month, and day that are indicated by the timestamp do not take effect. Only the hour, minute, and second take effect.

RegionId String cn-hangzhou

The ID of the region to which the alert rule belongs.

Status String RUNNING

The status of the alert rule. Valid values: RUNNING: The alert rule is enabled. STOPPED: The alert rule is disabled.

TaskId Long 123

The ID of the ARMS task that is associated with the alert rule.

TaskStatus String ""

The status of the task. It is an internal parameter.

Title String AlertTest

The title of the alert notification.

UpdateTime Long 1480521600000

The timestamp when the alert rule was updated.

UserId String 113197164949****

The ID of the user to which the alert rule belongs.

PageNumber Integer 1

The page number of the returned page.

PageSize Integer 20

The number of entries returned per page.

TotalCount Integer 23

The total number of entries returned.

RequestId String 34ED024E-9E31-434A-9E4E-D9D15C3****

The ID of the request.

Alert metrics

  • Alert type (metricParam.type): TXN
    • Dimension (dimensions.key): rpc
    • Metrics (alertRule.rules.measure):
      • appstat.txn.rt: the response time of API calls in milliseconds
      • appstat.txn.count: the number of API calls
      • appstat.txn.errcount: the number of API call errors
  • Alert type (metricParam.type): TXN_TYPE
    • Dimension (dimensions.key): rpcType
    • Metrics (alertRule.rules.measure):
      • appstat.inbound.rt: the response time of API calls for the services that are provided by the application, in milliseconds
      • appstat.inbound.count: the number of API calls for the services that are provided by the application
      • appstat.inbound.error: the number of API call errors for the services that are provided by the application
      • appstat.outbound.rt: the response time of API calls for the services on which the application depends, in milliseconds
      • appstat.outbound.count: the number of API calls for the services on which the application depends
      • appstat.outbound.error: the number of API call errors for the services on which the application depends
  • Alert type (metricParam.type): DB
    • Dimension (dimensions.key): endpoint
    • Metrics (alertRule.rules.measure):
      • appstat.database.rt: the response time of API calls for the database
      • appstat.database.count: the number of API calls for the database
      • appstat.database.errcount: the number of API call errors for the database
  • Alert type (metricParam.type): JVM
    • Dimension (dimensions.key): rootIp
    • Metrics (alertRule.rules.measure):
      • appstat.jvm.heap_used: the total memory space in the JVM heap, in bytes
      • appstat.jvm.GcPsScavengeCount: the number of garbage collections (GCs) in JVM
      • appstat.jvm.GcPsMarkSweepCount: the number of tag deletions in JVM
      • appstat.jvm.GcG1OldGenCount: the number of Garbage-First (G1) GCs in the old generation
      • appstat.jvm.GcG1YoungGenCount: the number of G1 GCs in the young generation
      • appstat.jvm.gc.YoungGcCountInstant: the number of GCs in the young generation
      • appstat.jvm.gc.OldGcCountInstant: the number of full heap GCs (Full GCs) in JVM
      • appstat.jvm.gc.YoungGcTimeInstant: the time that is consumed for the GCs in the young generation, in milliseconds
      • appstat.jvm.gc.OldGcTimeInstant: the time that is consumed for the Full GCs in JVM, in milliseconds
      • appstat.jvm.ThreadCount: the total number of JVM threads
      • appstat.jvm.non_heap_used: the used space of the non-heap JVM memory, in bytes
      • appstat.jvm.non_heap_max: the maximum space of the non-heap JVM memory, in bytes
      • appstat.jvm.non_heap_init: the initial space of the non-heap JVM memory, in bytes
      • appstat.jvm.non_heap_committed: the submitted space of the non-heap JVM memory, in bytes
  • Alert type (metricParam.type): HOST
    • Dimension (dimensions.key): rootIp
    • Metrics (alertRule.rules.measure):
      • appstat.jvm.SystemCpuUser: the used CPU of the host, in percentage
      • appstat.jvm.SystemMemFree: the idle memory space of the host, in bytes
      • appstat.jvm.SystemDiskFree: the idle disk space of the host, in bytes
      • appstat.jvm.SystemNetInErrs: the number of error messages that is received by the host
      • appstat.jvm.SystemNetOutErrs: the number of error messages that is sent by the host
      • appstat.jvm.SystemLoad: the system load of the host
  • Alert type (metricParam.type): EXCEPTION
    • Dimension (dimensions.key): rpc
    • Metrics (alertRule.rules.measure):
      • appstat.exception.rt: the response time of abnormal API calls for the application, in milliseconds
      • appstat.exception.count: the number of abnormal API calls for the application

Examples

Sample requests

http(s)://[Endpoint]/?Action=SearchAlertRules
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<SearchAlertRulesResponse>
  <PageBean>
        <TotalCount>23</TotalCount>
        <PageSize>20</PageSize>
        <PageNumber>1</PageNumber>
        <AlertRules>
              <Status>RUNNING</Status>
              <TaskId>123</TaskId>
              <AlertVersion>1</AlertVersion>
              <ContactGroupIds>[123, 234]</ContactGroupIds>
              <Config>{\"continuous\":true,\"dataRevision\":2}</Config>
              <CreateTime>1579508519683</CreateTime>
              <Title>AlertTest</Title>
              <TaskStatus>""</TaskStatus>
              <AlertType>4</AlertType>
              <ContactGroupIdList>381*,572*</ContactGroupIdList>
              <UserId>113197164949****</UserId>
              <UpdateTime>1480521600000</UpdateTime>
              <AlertTitle>TestAlertRule</AlertTitle>
              <AlertLevel>WARN</AlertLevel>
              <RegionId>cn-hangzhou</RegionId>
              <Id>123</Id>
              <AlertWays>["MAIL", "SMS", "DING_ROBOT"]</AlertWays>
              <AlertWay>null</AlertWay>
              <AlarmContext>
                    <AlarmContentTemplate>Alert name: $alert name\nFilter condition: $filter\nAlert time: $alert time\nAlert content: $alert content\nNote: The alert is continuously triggered until a reply email is received. The system will remind you 24 hours later. </AlarmContentTemplate>
                    <AlarmContentSubTitle>TestSubTitle</AlarmContentSubTitle>
                    <Content>Alert name: $alert name\nFilter condition: $filter\nAlert time: $alert time\nAlert content: $alert content\nNote: The alert is continuously triggered until a reply email is received. The system will remind you 24 hours later. </Content>
                    <SubTitle>test</SubTitle>
              </AlarmContext>
              <AlertRule>
                    <Operator>|</Operator>
                    <Rules>
                          <Operator>CURRENT_GTE</Operator>
                          <NValue>5</NValue>
                          <Aggregates>AVG</Aggregates>
                          <Alias>response time_ms</Alias>
                          <Value>30</Value>
                          <Measure>appstat.jvm.SystemDiskFree</Measure>
                    </Rules>
              </AlertRule>
              <MetricParam>
                    <Type>DB</Type>
                    <AppId>123</AppId>
                    <AppGroupId>DEFAULT</AppGroupId>
                    <Pid>9870ca99-8105-4da7-a3a4-d72dd1b1****</Pid>
                    <Dimensions>
                          <Type>DISABLED</Type>
                          <Value>"127.0.0.1"</Value>
                          <Key>rootIp</Key>
                    </Dimensions>
              </MetricParam>
              <Notice>
                    <EndTime>1480607940000</EndTime>
                    <NoticeStartTime>1480521600000</NoticeStartTime>
                    <StartTime>1480521600000</StartTime>
                    <NoticeEndTime>1480607940000</NoticeEndTime>
              </Notice>
        </AlertRules>
  </PageBean>
  <RequestId>34ED024E-9E31-434A-9E4E-D9D15C3****</RequestId>
</SearchAlertRulesResponse>

JSON format 

{
    "PageBean": {
        "TotalCount": 23,
        "PageSize": 20,
        "PageNumber": 1,
        "AlertRules": {
            "Status": "RUNNING",
            "TaskId": 123,
            "AlertVersion": 1,
            "ContactGroupIds": "[123, 234]",
            "Config": "{\\\"continuous\\\":true,\\\"dataRevision\\\":2}",
            "CreateTime": 1579508519683,
            "Title": "AlertTest",
            "TaskStatus": "\"\"",
            "AlertType": 4,
            "ContactGroupIdList": "381*,572*",
            "UserId": "113197164949****",
            "UpdateTime": 1480521600000,
            "AlertTitle": "TestAlertRule",
            "AlertLevel": "WARN",
            "RegionId": "cn-hangzhou",
            "Id": 123,
            "AlertWays": "[\"MAIL\", \"SMS\", \"DING_ROBOT\"]",
            "AlertWay": "null",
            "AlarmContext": {
                "AlarmContentTemplate": "Alert name: $alert name\\nFilter condition: $filter\\nAlert time: $alert time\\nAlert content: $alert content\\nNote: The alert is continuously triggered until a reply email is received. The system will remind you 24 hours later.",
                "AlarmContentSubTitle": "TestSubTitle",
                "Content": "Alert name: $alert name\\nFilter condition: $filter\\nAlert time: $alert time\\nAlert content: $alert content\\nNote: The alert is continuously triggered until a reply email is received. The system will remind you 24 hours later.",
                "SubTitle": "test"
            },
            "AlertRule": {
                "Operator": "|",
                "Rules": {
                    "Operator": "CURRENT_GTE",
                    "NValue": 5,
                    "Aggregates": "AVG",
                    "Alias": "response time_ms",
                    "Value": 30,
                    "Measure": "appstat.jvm.SystemDiskFree"
                }
            },
            "MetricParam": {
                "Type": "DB",
                "AppId": 123,
                "AppGroupId": "DEFAULT",
                "Pid": "9870ca99-8105-4da7-a3a4-d72dd1b1****",
                "Dimensions": {
                    "Type": "DISABLED",
                    "Value": "\"127.0.0.1\"",
                    "Key": "rootIp"
                }
            },
            "Notice": {
                "EndTime": 1480607940000,
                "NoticeStartTime": 1480521600000,
                "StartTime": 1480521600000,
                "NoticeEndTime": 1480607940000
            }
        }
    },
    "RequestId": "34ED024E-9E31-434A-9E4E-D9D15C3****"
}