To standardize the viewing of O&M events for ApsaraDB RDS instances, improve user experience, and make event information more transparent, Alibaba Cloud discontinued the event history feature on the Event Center page of the ApsaraDB RDS console on May 31, 2023. Historical events previously recorded by this feature are now split across two services: ActionTrail (for account-level API and console activity) and CloudMonitor (for instance management events).
Discontinued feature
The event history feature on the Event Center page of the ApsaraDB RDS console.
Effective date
May 31, 2023
Impacts
If event history was disabled for your RDS instance, your instance is not affected.
If event history was enabled for your RDS instance, the following are no longer updated or maintained after May 31, 2023:
The Historical Event tab on the Event Center page — existing data may be incomplete or incorrect.
The following APIs — no longer updated or maintained; data returned may be incomplete or incorrect: DescribeEvents, DescribeActionEventPolicy, and ModifyActionEventPolicy.
Replacement options
Use the following services to view instance-related events going forward:
| Original event type | Replacement service | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Account activity (console, API, SDK access) | ActionTrail | Actions taken on your Alibaba Cloud account |
| Instance management events (O&M, failover, etc.) | CloudMonitor system events | Scheduled O&M events, primary/secondary switchover events, unavailability events, serverless events, notification events, and optimization events |
View events in ActionTrail
ActionTrail records actions performed on your Alibaba Cloud account, including console operations and API and SDK calls.
Go to the ActionTrail console to browse recorded events.
Configure trails and query events programmatically using the ActionTrail API. For details, see API overview.
View instance management events in CloudMonitor
CloudMonitor captures instance exceptions and automatically delivered O&M events from the Alibaba Cloud management and control system.
Subscribe to system events in CloudMonitor to monitor the following event types:
Scheduled O&M events
Primary/secondary switchover events
Unavailability events
Serverless events
Notification events
Optimization events