Server Load Balancer:Integrate NLB with Managed Service for Prometheus

Overview

Managed Service for Prometheus is a fully managed monitoring service that is interfaced with the open source Prometheus ecosystem. Managed Service for Prometheus monitors various components and provides multiple ready-to-use dashboards. For more information, see What is Managed Service for Prometheus?

You can use Hybrid Cloud Monitoring to integrate NLB with Managed Service for Prometheus. You are charged for using Hybrid Cloud Monitoring, as described in the following table.

Create a Prometheus instance

1. Log on to the Managed Service for Prometheus console.

2. In the top navigation bar, select a region. On the Instances page, click Create Prometheus Instance.

3. On the Create Instance page, configure the parameters and click Create Now. The following table describes the parameters.

   Parameter	Description
   Instance Type	Select General-purpose Instance or Global Aggregation Instance. In this example, select General-purpose Instance. Note General-purpose instance: A general-purpose Prometheus instance is used for the remote storage of self-managed Prometheus clusters, or to monitor metric data about containers, cloud services, and hosts. Global aggregation instance: A global aggregation instance is used to aggregate multiple Prometheus instances, query Prometheus metrics, and manage Grafana data sources and alerts in a unified manner.
   Storage Duration	Select 15 Days, 30 Days, 60 Days, 90 Days, or 180 Days.

Integrate NLB with Managed Service for Prometheus

1. Log on to the ARMS console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Integration Center.

3. On the Integration Center page, click Middleware and click Alibaba Cloud NLB.

4. In the Alibaba Cloud NLB panel, select the region where your NLB instance is deployed and click OK. Wait for one to two minutes. Then, the NLB data is integrated.

• Metric

  You can view NLB monitoring metrics on the Collect Metrics tab.

  NLB monitoring metrics supported by Managed Service for Prometheus

  Metric	Description
  AliyunNlb_ActiveConnection	Number of active connections to the listener per second
  AliyunNlb_DropConnection	Number of connections dropped by listeners per second
  AliyunNlb_DropPacketRX	Number of inbound packets dropped by listeners per second
  AliyunNlb_DropPacketTX	Number of outbound packets dropped by listeners per second
  AliyunNlb_DropTrafficRX	Number of inbound bits dropped by listeners per second
  AliyunNlb_DropTrafficTX	Number of outbound bits dropped by listeners per second
  AliyunNlb_InactiveConnection	Number of inactive connections to the listener
  AliyunNlb_InstanceActiveConnection	Number of active connections to the NLB instance per second
  AliyunNlb_InstanceDropConnection	Number of connections dropped on the NLB instance per second
  AliyunNlb_InstanceDropPacketRX	Number of inbound packets dropped by the NLB instance per second
  AliyunNlb_InstanceDropPacketTX	Number of outbound packets dropped by the NLB instance per second
  AliyunNlb_InstanceDropTrafficRX	Number of inbound bits dropped by the NLB instance per second
  AliyunNlb_InstanceDropTrafficTX	Number of outbound bits dropped by the NLB instance per second
  AliyunNlb_InstanceInactiveConnection	Number of inactive connections to the NLB instance per second
  AliyunNlb_InstanceMaxConnection	Maximum number of concurrent connections supported by the NLB instance
  AliyunNlb_InstanceNewConnection	Number of new connections to the NLB instance per second
  AliyunNlb_InstancePacketRX	Number of inbound packets to the NLB instance per second
  AliyunNlb_InstancePacketTX	Number of outbound packets from the NLB instance per second
  AliyunNlb_InstanceTrafficRX	Number of inbound bits to the NLB instance per second
  AliyunNlb_InstanceTrafficTX	Number of outbound bits from the NLB instance per second
  AliyunNlb_InstanceUnhealthyServerCount	Number of unhealthy backend Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances
  AliyunNlb_ListenerHeathyServerCount	Number of healthy backend ECS instances
  AliyunNlb_ListenerPacketRX	Number of inbound packets to listeners per second
  AliyunNlb_ListenerPacketTX	Number of outbound packets from listeners per second
  AliyunNlb_ListenerUnhealthyServerCount	Number of unhealthy backend ECS instances
  AliyunNlb_MaxConnection	Maximum number of connections supported by listeners per second
  AliyunNlb_NewConnection	Number of new connections to listeners
  AliyunNlb_NlbInstanceHeathyServerCount	Number of healthy backends of the NLB instance
  AliyunNlb_TrafficRXNew	Number of inbound bits to listeners per second
  AliyunNlb_TrafficTXNew	Number of outbound bits from listeners per second

• Alerts

  On the Alert Rule Template tab, you can create Prometheus alert rules and view alert information. For more information, see Create an alert rule for a Prometheus instance.

• Dashboard

  On the Start Integration tab, click Integration Management. On the page that appears, on the Component Management tab, click Dashboards and click NLB. You can view the NLB monitoring data.

Use a third-party Prometheus library

After NLB is integrated with Managed Service for Prometheus, you can use the remote write feature to load a third-party Prometheus library. For more information, see Create a Prometheus instance for remote write.

Disable monitoring on NLB

1. Log on to the Managed Service for Prometheus console.

2. On the Instances page, in the top navigation bar, select the region where your Prometheus instance is deployed, find the Prometheus instance that you want to manage, and click Uninstall in the Actions column.

3. In the message that appears, click OK.