Alibaba Cloud Elastic IP Address Monitoring Integration
Site24x7 offers out-of-the-box monitoring support for Elastic IP (EIP) addresses in your Alibaba Cloud environment. By tracking traffic metrics at the network interface level, you can identify bandwidth bottlenecks, detect rate-limiting, and gain visibility into dropped packets in real time. Once you integrate your Alibaba account with Site24x7, all associated EIP addresses are auto-discovered and monitored.
Use cases
- Traffic analysis: Identify unusual spikes or drops in inbound and outbound traffic.
- Rate limit monitoring: Detect if your EIP is being throttled due to hitting bandwidth limits.
- Alert on packet drops: Get notified when dropped packets indicate possible saturation or denial of service.
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 Elastic IP Address from the Service Types list.
- Once added, go to Cloud > Alibaba > Elastic IP Address to view dashboards and performance metrics.
Supported metrics
Traffic & Packet Metrics
| Metric name | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Network Received Packets | The number of packets received per second. | Packets/second |
| Network Transmit Packets | The number of packets transmitted per second. | Packets/second |
| Network Received Packets Rate | The rate at which packets are being received. | Percentage |
| Network Transmitted Packets Rate | The rate at which packets are being transmitted. | Packets/second |
| Network In Rate Percentage | The percentage of allowed inbound traffic consumed. | Percentage |
| Network Out Rate Percentage | The percentage of allowed outbound traffic consumed. | Percentage |
| Network Receive Rate | The rate of inbound data transfer. | Bytes/second |
| Network Transmit Rate | The rate of outbound data transfer. | Bytes/second |
| Bytes Transmitted | The total number of bytes transmitted. | Bytes |
| Bytes Received | The total number of bytes received. | Bytes |
| In Rate Limit Drop Speed | The speed at which inbound packets are being dropped due to rate limiting. | Packets/second |
| Out Rate Limit Drop Speed | The speed at which outbound packets are being dropped due to rate limiting. | Packets/second |
Threshold configuration
- Go to Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
- Create or edit a threshold profile for Elastic IP Address.
- 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 Elastic IP Address monitors are added.
How to add a Configuration Rule