Alibaba Cloud Bandwidth Package Monitoring Integration
Site24x7 offers built-in monitoring for Alibaba Cloud Bandwidth Package, giving you visibility into bandwidth utilization, network traffic, and rate-limit drops. With real-time insights, you can optimize bandwidth allocation, detect anomalies, and ensure smooth network performance. When you integrate your Alibaba Cloud account with Site24x7, all associated Bandwidth Packages are auto-discovered and monitored continuously.
Use cases
- Utilization monitoring: Track inbound and outbound bandwidth utilization to avoid overconsumption.
- Traffic insights: Monitor incoming and outgoing traffic rates for capacity planning.
- Packet analysis: Measure packet flow to detect abnormal traffic surges.
- Drop detection: Identify packets dropped due to rate limits to prevent performance degradation.
Setup and configuration
- Log in to your Site24x7 account and navigate to Cloud > Alibaba Cloud > Add Monitor.
- In the Edit Alibaba Cloud Monitor page, select Bandwidth Package from the Service Types list.
- Once added, go to Cloud > Alibaba > Bandwidth Package to view dashboards and performance metrics.
Supported metrics
Utilization & Traffic Rate
| Metric name | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Outbound Bandwidth Utilization | The percentage of outbound bandwidth utilized by the bandwidth package. | Percentage |
| Inbound Bandwidth Utilization | The percentage of inbound bandwidth utilized by the bandwidth package. | Percentage |
| Network RX Rate Percent | The percentage of inbound network traffic rate. | Percentage |
| Network TX Rate Percent | The percentage of outbound network traffic rate. | Percentage |
| Network RX Rate | The rate of inbound network traffic. | Bits/second |
| Network TX Rate | The rate of outbound network traffic. | Bits/second |
Packets & Rate Limit Drops
| Metric name | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Outbound Rate Limit Drop PPS | The number of outbound packets dropped per second due to rate limiting. | Packets/second |
| Inbound Rate Limit Drop PPS | The number of inbound packets dropped per second due to rate limiting. | Packets/second |
| Network RX Packages | The number of inbound packets received. | Count |
| Network TX Packages | The number of outbound packets sent. | Count |
Threshold configuration
- Go to Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
- Create or edit a threshold profile for Bandwidth Package.
- Assign the profile to the respective monitors to trigger alerts.
IT automation
Site24x7's IT Automation tools help with automatically resolving performance degradation issues. When a breach occurs, the alarm engine continuously examines the system events for which thresholds have been defined and performs the mapped automation.
- Go to Admin > IT Automation Templates.
- Create a new automation rule.
- Map the rule to the monitor for proactive resolution.
How to configure IT Automation for a monitor
Configuration rules
With Site24x7's Configuration Rules, you can set parameters like Threshold Profile, Notification Profile, Tags, and Monitor Group for multiple monitors and automate the configuration settings of your monitoring resources. Automatically assign these settings when new Bandwidth Package monitors are added.
How to add a Configuration Rule