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    CloudMonitor:Quota monitoring

    Last Updated:Mar 12, 2025

    CloudMonitor provides the quota monitoring feature to help you monitor the quota usage of cloud resources within your Alibaba Cloud account. You can view the monitoring charts of resource quotas and a list of quota aler rules that are triggered. You can configure alert rules to monitor resource status. If an alert is triggered based on specified alert rules, CloudMonitor sends an alert notification. This way, you are notified of the status of your resource quotas at the earliest opportunity.

    Background information

    A quota represents the maximum number of operations or cloud resources that an Alibaba Cloud account can utilize. Some cloud services enforce account-level quotas, while others apply region-level quotas.

    View quota monitoring

    Procedure

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    1. Log on to the CloudMonitor console.

    2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Cloud Resource Monitoring > Cloud Service Monitoring.

    3. On the Cloud Service Monitoring page, click the Quota tab to view all cloud services that support quota monitoring.

    4. Move the pointer over a cloud service. In the Quota Monitoring section of the drop-down window, click the cloud service name.

    5. On the General Quotas or API Rate Limits tab of your cloud service, find the quota item that you want to view, and click Monitoring Details, Alert Rules, or Alert History in the Actions column. The following sections describe these options.

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    View quota monitoring details

    In the Quota Monitoring Details panel, you can view the status of the resource quotas and the usage of each metric for the cloud service.

    Procedure

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    1. On the General Quotas or API Rate Limits tab of your cloud service, find the quota item that you want to view, and click Monitoring Details in the Actions column.

    2. On the Monitoring & Analysis tab of the Quota Monitoring Details panel, view the details in the Basic Information, Quota Dimension Information, and Dashboards sections.

    3. In the Dashboards section, select Quota, Usage, Utilization Rate %, or Availability Rate % to view the corresponding monitoring charts. You can specify a time range to filter the monitoring data for the quota item.

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    Create quota alert rules

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    Procedure

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    Global alert rules

    1. On the General Quotas or API Rate Limits tab of your cloud service, click Global Alert Rule in the upper-right corner. The Global Alert Rule panel shows the global alert rules that are created for quota items. For more information, see Configure alert rules.

    2. In the Global Alert Rule panel, view the created quota alert rules and filter quota alert rules by Status, Quota Type, Rule Name, and Rule ID.

    Note

    Global alert rules apply to all quota items of a cloud service. If a quota item meets the trigger condition of a global alert rule, CloudMonitor automatically sends an alert notification.

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    Alert rules configured for a specific quota item

    1. On the General Quotas or API Rate Limits tab of your cloud service, find the quota item that you want to view, and click Alert Rules in the Actions column. The Alert Rules tab shows the created quota alert rules. For more information, see Configure alert rules.

    2. On the Alert Rules tab of the Quota Monitoring Details panel, view the created alert rules and filter quota alert rules by Status, Rule Name, and Rule ID.

    Note

    The alert rules configured for a specific quota item apply only to the quota item. If the quota item meets the trigger condition of an alert rule, CloudMonitor automatically sends an alert notification.

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    Configure alert rules

    1. On the Global Alert Rule panel or the Alert Rules tab of the Quota Monitoring Details panel, click Create Alert Rule.

    2. In the Create Alert Rule panel, configure the following parameters for the alert rule and then click OK.

      1. Basic Information: Enter a custom rule name.

      2. Alert Object:

        1. When you create a global alert rule, select the Product and Quota Type.

        2. When you create an alert rule for a specific quota item, you do not need to configure the parameters in the Alert Object section.

      3. Alert Condition:

        1. Select an alert metric.

          1. When you create a global alert rule, select Utilization Rate or Availability Rate.

          2. When you create an alert rule for a specific quota item, select Quota, Usage, Utilization Rate, or Availability Rate.

        2. In the Threshold and Alert Level section, configure the threshold for each alert level: Critical, Warning, and Normal.

      4. Notification Method:

        1. Configure the mute period.

        2. Configure the Effective Period and Alert Contact Group.

        3. Advanced Settings: Configure additional notification methods such as Alert Callback and Push Channel based on your business requirements.

    Note

    For more information about the parameters of an alert rule, see Create an alert rule.

    View quota alert history

    1. On the General Quotas or API Rate Limits tab of your cloud service, find the quota item that you want to view, and click Alert History in the Actions column, or click Alert History in the upper-right corner.

    2. On the Alert History tab of the Quota Monitoring Details panel, configure the following filter conditions: Triggered At, Status, Rule Name, Rule ID, and Notification Contact.