Real-time monitoring

Display data

To view real-time monitoring data, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the IoT Platform console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Maintenance > Real-time Monitoring.
3. Select the products and time range of the data to be viewed.
   
   

   Table 1. Time range descriptions

   Time range	Description
   1 Hour	Displays the statistics of the last hour. Statistics are collected every 1 minute.
   1 Day	Displays the statistics of the last 24 hours. Statistics are collected every 5 minutes.
   1 Week	Displays the statistics of the last seven days. Statistics are collected every 15 minutes.

   Note The abscissa values displayed on the Real-time Monitoring page do not represent the collection cycle.

The following table describes the statistical data on the Real-time Monitoring page.

Alarm Config.

On the Real-time Monitoring page, click Alarm Config.. The Create Alarm Rule page of the CloudMonitor console appears. You can also directly access the Create Alarm Rule page to create an alert.

You can create threshold-triggered and event-triggered alert rules in the CloudMonitor console.

• Create a threshold-triggered alert rule

  IoT Platform allows you to use CloudMonitor to monitor IoT Platform by multiple metrics. These metrics include the number of real-time online devices using a specific communication protocol, the number of messages sent from devices to IoT Platform, the number of messages sent from IoT Platform to devices, the number of messages forwarded by the rules engine to other Alibaba Cloud service, the number of property report failures, the number of event report failures, the number of service call failures, and the number of property setting failures.

  On the Create Alarm Rule page, configure the parameters and then click Confirm.

  
  
  

  Table 2. Alert rule parameters

  Parameter	Description
  Product	Select IoT Platform.
  Resource Range	Includes the following value options: All Resources: An alert is sent when any instance under your IoT Platform service meets the description of the alert rule. Instance: An alert is sent only when the specified products meet the description of the alert rule.
  Region	This parameter is available only when you set Resource Range to Instance. Select the region of the IoT Platform instance monitored by this alert rule.
  Instance	Select an IoT Platform instance to be monitored and select one or more products.
  Alarm Rule	Set the name of the alert rule.
  Rule Description	Set the description of the alert rule. It defines the condition in which an alert is triggered. You must configure the following items: Select a monitoring metric for the rule. Select a scan period for the rule. For example, if the scan period is set to 60 minutes, scans are performed every 60 minutes. Set the triggering condition. For example, an alert is triggered only if the number of devices exceeds 5,000 for three consecutive scan periods.
  Mute for	Set the period of time before which the alert is sent again if the exception persists after the alert is triggered.
  Effective Period	Set the time range when the alert rule is applied. CloudMonitor applies the alert rule to monitor the specified metric only during the specified effective period.
  Notification Method	Set notification parameters, such as the notification contacts and notification methods.

  For more information about setting threshold-triggered alert rules, see Procedure.

• Create an event-triggered alert rule

  You can use an event-triggered alert rule to monitor the following IoT Platform events:

  • The upstream QPS of any device reaches the upper limit.
  • The downstream QPS of any device reaches the upper limit.
  • The number of connection requests per second for the current account reaches the upper limit.
  • The upstream QPS for the current account reaches the upper limit.
  • The downstream QPS for the current account reaches the upper limit.
  • The engines rule data forwarding QPS for the current account reaches the upper limit.

  Go to the Alarm Rules page of the CloudMonitor console, and choose Event Alarm > Create Event Alert.

  The following figure shows how to create an event-triggered alert rule.

  
  
  

  Table 3. Event-triggered alert rule parameters

  Parameter	Description
  Alarm Rule Name	Set the name of the alert rule.
  Event Type	Select System Event.
  Product Type	Select IoT Platform.
  Event Type	Select All types or Exception.
  Event Level	Select All Levels or select one or more specific event levels.
  Event Name	Select one or more events to be monitored.
  Resource Range	Select All Resources.
  Alarm Type	Set the alert contacts and notification methods.

  For more information about setting event-triggered alert rules, see Create an event alert rule in the CloudMonitor documentation.