Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server (SAS) Monitoring Integration
Site24x7 offers built-in monitoring support for Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server (SAS). With insights into CPU, memory, disk, and network usage, you can effectively manage server performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure application availability. When you integrate your Alibaba Cloud account with Site24x7, all associated SAS instances are auto-discovered and monitored continuously.
Use cases
- Resource management: Track CPU and memory utilization to avoid overloading the server.
- Storage monitoring: Monitor disk usage and IOPS to detect potential storage bottlenecks.
- Network performance: Measure inbound and outbound traffic rates to ensure smooth connectivity.
- Capacity planning: Forecast utilization trends for better 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 Simple Application Server from the Service Types list.
- Once added, go to Cloud > Alibaba > Simple Application Server to view dashboards and performance metrics.
Supported metrics
Compute and Memory Metrics
| Metric name | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Total CPU Usage | The total number of CPU cores available in the server. | Count |
| CPU Utilization | The percentage of CPU used by the server. | Percentage |
| Total Memory Capacity | The total memory allocated to the server. | Bytes |
| Used Memory | The total memory used in the server. | Bytes |
| Actual Used Memory | The actual memory usage excluding cached and buffered memory. | Bytes |
| Memory Utilization | The percentage of memory used by the server. | Percentage |
Disk Metrics
| Metric name | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Total Disk Space | The total disk space available in the server. | Bytes |
| Used Disk Space | The total disk space used in the server. | Bytes |
| Disk Utilization | The percentage of disk space used in the server. | Percentage |
| Disk Read IOPS | The number of read I/O operations per second. | Count |
| Disk Write IOPS | The number of write I/O operations per second. | Count |
Network Metrics
| Metric name | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Network Incoming Rate | The rate of inbound traffic to the server. | Bytes/second |
| Network Outgoing Rate | The rate of outbound traffic from the server. | Bytes/second |
| Public IP Internet Incoming Rate | The inbound traffic rate from the internet to the server's public IP. | Bytes/second |
| Public IP Internet Outgoing Rate | The outbound traffic rate from the server's public IP to the internet. | Bytes/second |
Threshold configuration
- Go to Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
- Create or edit a threshold profile for Simple Application Server.
- 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 Simple Application Server monitors are added.
How to add a Configuration Rule