Cloud Monitor:Publish custom monitoring data

Procedure

1. Install Alibaba Cloud CLI on the server where your custom monitoring data is located.

   For information about how to install Alibaba Cloud CLI, see Install Alibaba Cloud CLI on Windows, Install Alibaba Cloud CLI on Linux, or Install Alibaba Cloud CLI on macOS.

   Run the aliyun version command. If the current version of Alibaba Cloud CLI is returned, the installation is successful.

2. Configure the AccessKey of your Alibaba Cloud account or RAM user on the server where your custom monitoring data is located.

   For information about how to obtain an AccessKey for an Alibaba Cloud account or a RAM user, see Obtain an AccessKey.

   For information about how to configure an AccessKey, see Configure an AccessKey credential.

   The following output indicates that the AccessKey is configured:

   Configure Done!!!
   ..............888888888888888888888 ........=8888888888888888888D=..............
   ...........88888888888888888888888 ..........D8888888888888888888888I...........
   .........,8888888888888ZI: ...........................=Z88D8888888888D..........
   .........+88888888 ..........................................88888888D..........
   .........+88888888 .......Welcome to use Alibaba Cloud.......O8888888D..........
   .........+88888888 ............. ************* ..............O8888888D..........
   .........+88888888 .... Command Line Interface(Reloaded) ....O8888888D..........
   .........+88888888...........................................88888888D..........
   ..........D888888888888DO+. ..........................?ND888888888888D..........
   ...........O8888888888888888888888...........D8888888888888888888888=...........
   ............ .:D8888888888888888888.........78888888888888888888O ..............

3. Create a namespace on the Cloud Monitor console.

   1. Log on to the Cloud Monitor console.

   2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Hybrid Cloud Monitoring > Namespace.
   3. Click Create Namespace.
   4. In the Manage Namespace panel, set the parameters.

      Table 1. Parameters of a namespace

      Parameter	Description
      Namespace	Name of the namespace.
      Data Storage Scheme	Storage scheme for metric data. Valid values: Simple Log Service: Metrics are stored in Simple Log Service in your account. Cloud Monitoring Storage: Metrics are stored in Cloud Monitor's private storage and accessible only through the Cloud Monitor console. Note For available options, see Storage schemes of metric data in Hybrid Cloud Monitoring.
      Region	Region where metric data is stored.
      Retention Period	Retention period for metric data. Valid values: cms.s1.large (Retention Period 15 Days) cms.s1.xlarge (Retention Period 32 Days) cms.s1.2xlarge (Retention Period 63 Days) cms.s1.3xlarge (Retention Period 93 Days) (default) cms.s1.6xlarge (Retention Period 185 Days) cms.s1.12xlarge (Retention Period 367 Days) cms.s1.36xlarge (Retention Period 1095 Days) cms.s1.60xlarge (Retention Period 1825 Days) cms.s1.120xlarge (Retention Period 3650 Days) For pricing of different retention periods, see Pricing.
      Namespace Description	Description of the namespace.

   5. Click OK.
4. Publish custom monitoring data to a namespace in Hybrid Cloud Monitoring.
   • Publish a single data point

     aliyun cms PutHybridMonitorMetricData --region cn-hangzhou --MetricList.1.Name CPU_Usage --MetricList.1.Labels.1.Key=IP --MetricList.1.Labels.1.Value=192.168.XX.XX  --MetricList.1.Value 90 --Namespace 'default-aliyun'

   • Publish multiple data points

     aliyun cms PutHybridMonitorMetricData --region cn-hangzhou --MetricList.1.Name CPU_Usage --MetricList.1.Labels.1.Key=IP --MetricList.1.Labels.1.Value=192.168.XX.XX --MetricList.1.Labels.2.Key=IP --MetricList.1.Labels.2.Value=192.168.XX.XX --MetricList.1.Value 90 --Namespace 'default-aliyun'

   For information about the parameters for the PutHybridMonitorMetricData operation, see PutHybridMonitorMetricData.

5. View the custom monitoring data on the Cloud Monitor console.
   1. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Hybrid Cloud Monitoring > Namespace.
   2. (Optional) In the Metric Data column of the target namespace, click View Data.
   3. Select a metric to view its data.