Alibaba Cloud Compute Nest Monitoring Integration
Site24x7 offers built-in monitoring for Alibaba Cloud Compute Nest, giving you visibility into cross-region service traffic. With metrics for inbound and outbound service endpoints, you can track performance, troubleshoot connectivity issues, and maintain smooth inter-regional service delivery. When you integrate your Alibaba Cloud account with Site24x7, all associated Compute Nest services are auto-discovered and continuously monitored.
Use cases
- Cross-region visibility: Track inbound and outbound traffic between regions to ensure stable performance.
- Performance optimization: Identify bandwidth patterns across endpoints for efficient resource utilization.
- Troubleshooting: Detect anomalies in service traffic to quickly address potential bottlenecks.
- Capacity planning: Forecast service traffic growth and optimize infrastructure scaling.
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 Compute Nest from the Service Types list.
- Once added, go to Cloud > Alibaba > Compute Nest to view dashboards and performance metrics.
Supported metrics
Cross-region Service Endpoints
| Metric name | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Service Endpoint Cross Region In BPS | The inbound cross-region service endpoint traffic rate. | Count |
| Service Endpoint Cross Region Out BPS | The outbound cross-region service endpoint traffic rate. | Count |
Threshold configuration
- Go to Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
- Create or edit a threshold profile for Compute Nest.
- 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 Compute Nest monitors are added.
How to add a Configuration Rule