Alibaba Cloud DDoS Monitoring Integration
Site24x7 offers comprehensive monitoring for Alibaba Cloud DDoS protection, providing visibility into traffic patterns, response status codes, connection activity, and attack mitigation. When you integrate your Alibaba Cloud account with Site24x7, all DDoS-protected instances are automatically discovered and monitored continuously.
Use cases
- Response monitoring: Track 2xx–5xx HTTP response codes to identify traffic anomalies.
- Connection state tracking: Monitor new, active, and inactive connections to detect abnormal spikes.
- Request rate analysis: Measure queries per second (QPS) and ratio changes for performance insights.
- Bandwidth utilization: Detect abnormal inbound, outbound, and attack traffic for proactive mitigation.
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 DDoS from the Service Types list.
- Once added, go to Cloud > Alibaba > DDoS to view dashboards and performance metrics.
Supported metrics
Response Status Counts
| Metric name | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Response 2xx | The total number of HTTP 2xx (successful) responses. | Count |
| Response 3xx | The total number of HTTP 3xx (redirection) responses. | Count |
| Response 4xx | The total number of HTTP 4xx (client error) responses. | Count |
| Response 5xx | The total number of HTTP 5xx (server error) responses. | Count |
| Response 403 | The number of HTTP 403 (forbidden) responses. | Count |
| Response 404 | The number of HTTP 404 (not found) responses. | Count |
| Response 405 | The number of HTTP 405 (method not allowed) responses. | Count |
| Response 410 | The number of HTTP 410 (gone) responses. | Count |
| Response 499 | The number of HTTP 499 (client closed request) responses. | Count |
| Response 502 | The number of HTTP 502 (bad gateway) responses. | Count |
| Response 503 | The number of HTTP 503 (service unavailable) responses. | Count |
| Response 504 | The number of HTTP 504 (gateway timeout) responses. | Count |
Response Ratios
| Metric name | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Response 2xx Ratio | The percentage of HTTP 2xx responses among total responses. | Percentage |
| Response 3xx Ratio | The percentage of HTTP 3xx responses among total responses. | Percentage |
| Response 4xx Ratio | The percentage of HTTP 4xx responses among total responses. | Percentage |
| Response 5xx Ratio | The percentage of HTTP 5xx responses among total responses. | Percentage |
| Response 404 Ratio | The percentage of HTTP 404 responses among total responses. | Percentage |
Connection State Monitoring
| Metric name | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| New Connection | The number of newly established TCP connections. | Count |
| Active Connection | The number of currently active TCP connections. | Count |
| Inactive Connection | The number of idle or inactive TCP connections. | Count |
Request Rate & Ratios
| Metric name | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| QPS | The number of queries per second processed by the system. | Count/second |
| QPS Ratio Up | The percentage increase in QPS compared to the previous interval. | Percentage |
| QPS Ratio Down | The percentage decrease in QPS compared to the previous interval. | Percentage |
Traffic & Bandwidth Utilization
| Metric name | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| In Traffic | The volume of inbound traffic received by the system. | Bytes/second |
| Out Traffic | The volume of outbound traffic sent from the system. | Bytes/second |
| Back Traffic | The volume of return traffic from backend servers. | Bytes/second |
| Attack Traffic | The volume of traffic identified as part of DDoS attacks. | Bytes/second |
Threshold configuration
- Go to Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
- Create or edit a threshold profile for DDoS.
- 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 DDoS monitors are added.
How to add a Configuration Rule