Google Cloud AlloyDB Cluster monitoring integration
Monitor your Google Cloud AlloyDB clusters to track storage usage and backup health. Google Cloud AlloyDB Cluster monitor lets you maintain a reliable, well-backed-up PostgreSQL-compatible database cluster.
Benefits
Monitoring AlloyDB Cluster ensures that your service remains reliable, secure, and high-performing. Key benefits include:
- Identify storage growth or stalled backups before they impact cluster availability.
- Track backup age to ensure your recovery point objectives are being met.
- Automated alerts and IT automation help maintain SLA compliance and reduce downtime.
- Consolidate AlloyDB Cluster metrics with other GCP services for a single pane of glass view.
- Bulk configuration and agent upgrades ensure smooth monitoring across multiple clusters.
Use cases
Here are some use cases where Google Cloud AlloyDB Cluster monitoring will be helpful:
- Monitor storage usage to detect unexpected growth in real time.
- Capture backup age trends to quickly identify stalled or failed automated backups.
- Visualize storage consumption to plan capacity ahead of scaling needs.
- Set thresholds for backup age to ensure contractual recovery point obligations are met.
- Track continuous backup and point-in-time recovery configuration to strengthen disaster recovery readiness.
- Integrate AlloyDB Cluster monitoring with other GCP services (Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, BigQuery) for holistic visibility.
Setup and configuration
- Adding Google Cloud AlloyDB Cluster while configuring a new Google Cloud monitor
If you have not configured a Google Cloud monitor yet, add one by following the steps below:
- Go to Cloud > GCP > Add GCP Monitor or Admin > Cloud Monitoring > Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Provide a unique display name for identification purposes.
- Upload the JSON file that contains the private key of the service account to authenticate and perform resource discovery.
- Select AlloyDB Cluster from the Select the Resources for Monitoring list.
- Select existing Notification Profiles, User Alerts Groups, Tags, and IT Automation Templates or add new ones. You can also integrate alarms with your preferred third-party service.
- Click Start GCP Monitoring.
- Adding Google Cloud AlloyDB Cluster to an existing Google Cloud monitor
If you already have a Google Cloud monitor configured for the service account, you can add Google Cloud AlloyDB Cluster by following the steps below:
- Go to Cloud > GCP and select your GCP monitor.
- Click the hamburger
icon next to Service View and select Edit, which brings you to the Edit GCP Monitor page. - On the Edit GCP Monitor page, select AlloyDB Cluster from the Select the Resources for Monitoring list and click Save.
- After successful configuration, go to Cloud > GCP > AlloyDB Cluster. Now you can view the discovered Google Cloud AlloyDB Cluster resources.
It will take approximately five minutes to discover new GCP resources.
Licensing
Each Google Cloud AlloyDB Cluster monitor consumes one basic monitor license.
Polling frequency
Google Cloud AlloyDB Cluster monitor collects minute-wise metric data, and the statuses of your Google AlloyDB Cluster resources are reported every five minutes.
Supported metrics
| Metric name | Description | Statistic | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage Usage | The total storage used by this AlloyDB cluster, including all instances and continuous backups. | Average | Bytes |
| Last Backup Age | The time elapsed since the most recent successful backup of this cluster. | Average | Hours |
Configuration details
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Resource Name | The display name of the AlloyDB cluster. |
| State | The current operational state of the cluster (for example, READY or CREATING). |
| Cluster Type | Indicates whether this is a primary or secondary cluster. |
| Database Version | The PostgreSQL-compatible database version used by this cluster. |
| Subscription Type | The billing subscription type configured for this cluster. |
| Primary Cluster | The name of the primary cluster, if this is a secondary (cross-region replica) cluster. |
| Encryption Type | The encryption method used for this cluster's data (for example, Google-managed or customer-managed key). |
| Automated Backups | Indicates whether automated backups are enabled for this cluster. |
| Backup Window | The configured time window during which automated backups are taken. |
| Backup Retention Period | The number of seconds automated backups are retained. |
| Backup Location | The location where backups for this cluster are stored. |
| Continuous Backups | Indicates whether continuous backup (point-in-time recovery) is enabled for this cluster. |
| Recovery Window (Days) | The number of days of point-in-time recovery supported by continuous backup. |
| Continuous Backup Enabled Time | The date and time continuous backup was enabled for this cluster. |
| Private Service Connect | Indicates whether Private Service Connect connectivity is enabled for this cluster. |
| Dataplex Integration | Indicates whether Dataplex integration is enabled for this cluster. |
| Unique ID | The unique identifier assigned to this cluster. |
| Created Time | The date and time this cluster was created. |
| Updated Time | The date and time this cluster was last updated. |
Instances
This tab shows every instance in the cluster (primary, read pool and secondary) with Name, Instance Type, Status, Availability Type, Machine Type, vCPUs, Read Pool Nodes and Creation date. If an instance is also monitored in Site24x7, its name links to that AlloyDB Instance monitor. The data is read live from Google Cloud each time you open the tab.
Threshold configuration
- Global configuration
- In the web client, go to the Admin section on the left navigation pane.
- Select Configuration Profiles from the left pane and select Threshold and Availability from the drop-down menu.
- Click Add Threshold Profile in the top-right corner.
- For Monitor Type, select AlloyDB Cluster.
- Specify the threshold values for the required metrics, then click Save.
- Monitor-level configuration
- In the web client, go to Cloud > GCP > AlloyDB Cluster.
- Select a resource you would like to set a threshold for, then click the hamburger icon.
- Select Edit, which directs you to the Edit AlloyDB Cluster Monitor page.
- Specify the threshold values for the required metrics, then click Save.
Monitor status is decided is based on this logic:
- Up: READY, CREATING, BOOTSTRAPPING, MAINTENANCE, PROMOTING, or SWITCHOVER.
- Down: STOPPED, EMPTY (no instances), FAILED, or DELETING.
The alerts will contain the reason such as “AlloyDB cluster is stopped.”
IT Automation
IT Automation tools automatically resolve performance degradation issues. These tools react to events proactively rather than waiting for manual intervention. The IT Automation tools automate repetitive tasks and automatically remediate threshold breaches. The alarm engine continually evaluates system events for which thresholds are set and executes the mapped automation when there is a breach.
Configuration Rules
Editing multiple monitors to associate different monitor groups or add a different tag can be a tedious process. With Configuration Rules, you can automate the configuration settings of your monitoring resources. Create custom rules to track configuration changes continuously and achieve the ideal configuration settings.
Summary
The Summary tab will give you the performance data organized by time for the metrics listed above. To view the summary:
- Go to Cloud > GCP > AlloyDB Cluster.
- Select a resource.
- Click the Summary tab.
Configuration Details
The Configuration Details tab provides details on the configurations of application instances. To get the configuration details:
- Go to Cloud > GCP > AlloyDB Cluster.
- Select a resource.
- Click the Configuration Details tab.
Reports
Gain in-depth data about the various parameters of your monitored resources and accentuate your service performance using our insightful reports.
To view reports for a Google AlloyDB Cluster resource:
- Go to the Reports section on the left navigation pane.
- Select AlloyDB Cluster from the menu on the left.
- You can find the Availability Summary Report, Performance Report, and Inventory Report for one selected monitor. Or you can get the Summary Report, Availability Summary Report, Health Trend Report, and Performance Report for all the Google AlloyDB Cluster monitors.
You can also get reports from the Summary tab of the Google AlloyDB Cluster monitor:
- Click the Summary tab.
- Get the Availability Summary Report of the monitor by clicking Availability.
- You can also find the Performance Report of the monitor by clicking any chart title.