Cloud Monitor:Manage Alibaba Cloud service metrics

Background

A tag added to an Alibaba Cloud service resource may take up to one hour to appear in Hybrid Cloud Monitoring. Displayed resource tags may differ from the original ones. To ensure compatibility with the Prometheus protocol, Hybrid Cloud Monitoring modifies non-compliant tags based on the following rules:

• If a tag does not start with [a-zA-Z_], the prefix f_ is added. For example, the tag 66 is changed to f_66.

• If a tag contains characters other than [a-zA-Z0-9_], the invalid characters are replaced with underscores (_). For example, the tag test.6 is changed to test_6.

• If a tag starts with two or more underscores (_), such as __my_key__ or ___my_key___, unexpected errors may occur.

The tag_ prefix is added to all tags within Hybrid Cloud Monitoring. Tags that do not comply with the Prometheus protocol are modified according to the rules above before this prefix is added. For example, the original tag test.6 is changed to tag_test_6.

Add Alibaba Cloud service metrics

1. Log on to the Cloud Monitor console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Hybrid Cloud Monitoring > Namespace.

3. Click the number of accounts, services, metrics, or tasks in the Metric data column for the target namespace.

   Note

   This number is the total count of metric import tasks from sources such as on-premises data centers, AWS, Tencent Cloud, Prometheus, on-premises logs, and Simple Log Service (SLS).

4. On the Metric management panel, go to the Alibaba Cloud service metrics tab to add metrics for an Alibaba Cloud service.

   • Single account

     When you use an Alibaba Cloud account or a RAM user to log on to the Cloud Monitor console, you can only connect to Alibaba Cloud services within that account.

     1. Add an Alibaba Cloud service.

        1. Click the icon next to Current Account.

        2. In the Add Product dialog box, select the target Alibaba Cloud service and click OK.

     2. Add metrics for the Alibaba Cloud service.

        1. Click the target Alibaba Cloud service, and then click Add metric.

        2. In the Add metric dialog box, select the metrics that you want to add, and then click OK.

   • Multiple accounts

     If you log on to the Cloud Monitor console by using a management account, you can connect Alibaba Cloud services from any member account in your Resource Directory. You can then use Resource Directory to centrally monitor metrics from Alibaba Cloud services across multiple accounts. For more information about trusted service integration with Resource Directory, see Overview of trusted services.

     1. Add a member account.

        1. Click Add Account next to All Accounts.

        2. In the Add Account dialog box, select the target member account, and then click OK.

     2. Add an Alibaba Cloud service.

        1. Click the icon next to the target member account.

        2. In the Add Product dialog box, select the target Alibaba Cloud service and click OK.

     3. Add metrics for the Alibaba Cloud service.

        1. Click the target Alibaba Cloud service, and then click Add metric.

        2. In the Add metric dialog box, select the metrics that you want to add, and then click OK.

Delete Alibaba Cloud service metrics

You can delete an Alibaba Cloud service along with all its metrics, or delete specific metrics for an Alibaba Cloud service.

1. Log on to the Cloud Monitor console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Hybrid Cloud Monitoring > Namespace.

3. Click the number of accounts, services, metrics, or tasks in the Metric data column for the target namespace.

   Note

   This number is the total count of metric import tasks from sources such as on-premises data centers, AWS, Tencent Cloud, Prometheus, on-premises logs, and Simple Log Service (SLS).

4. On the Metric management panel, go to the Alibaba Cloud service metrics tab to delete member accounts, Alibaba Cloud services, or their metrics.

   • Single account

     • Delete an Alibaba Cloud service

       This operation deletes the target Alibaba Cloud service and all of its metrics.

       1. In the Current Account directory, hover over the target Alibaba Cloud service and click the icon that appears.

       2. In the Confirm deletion dialog box, click OK.

     • Delete specific metrics for an Alibaba Cloud service

       1. In the Current Account directory, click the target Alibaba Cloud service. Then, in the panel on the left, select the metrics to delete and click Delete in the lower-left corner.

       2. In the Tips dialog box, click OK.

   • Multiple accounts

     • Delete a member account

       This operation deletes the target member account and all of its associated Alibaba Cloud services and metrics.

       1. Click the icon next to the target member account.

       2. In the Confirm deletion dialog box, click OK.

     • Delete an Alibaba Cloud service for a member account

       This operation deletes the target Alibaba Cloud service and all of its metrics for the member account.

       1. Under the target member account, hover over the Alibaba Cloud service that you want to delete and click the icon that appears.

       2. In the Confirm deletion dialog box, click OK.

     • Delete specific metrics for an Alibaba Cloud service for a member account

       1. Under the target member account, click the target Alibaba Cloud service. Then, in the panel on the left, select the metrics to delete and click Delete in the lower-left corner.

       2. In the Tips dialog box, click OK.